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This morning when I went to the city the tide
was ebbing, but was still fairly high. In the
light near the roundhouse and along the
mole, the following birds were seen:
Quite a few gulls on the water.
Many ducks, becoming quite tame. A few
Aristonetta valisineria feeding in the shallow
water. Many Scaup ducks, one blangula
clangula, a few Aristonetta valisineria, and
a few scoters were seen along the mole.
Three or four Archmophorus occidentalis.
This evening when returning I saw
a good many immature Larus glaniceens
on the piles on the San Francisco side; a
number were also flying about. Larus cal-
iformis was also quite common, nearly
all adult birds, and all flying about. Some
of the adults seem to be losing the speckled
head of the winter plumage. I saw several
gulls following a Key Route steamer. On
the way across I saw cormorants southbound
at different times in the following numbers, 4,
6, 1, 2. Some which passed close were Phalacrocorax
auritus. Two loons passed separately southbound.
Near the mole I saw a female Scaup duck northbound.
Along the mole were a few ducks on the
water; a scoter and a blangula clangula
male were seen close to the rocks.