Bird Notes: Aviary birds of the San Francisco Bay Region, v4289
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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.