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30.
March 2, 1909,
Alameda to San Francisco, California.
This morning ducks were scattered all along
the water along the seawall and mole. Aristonetta
vulsinaria, Scap ducks, One Clangula clangula were
recognized. One Archmophorus occidentalis was
seen in the water. Two or three gulls were
seen flying.
On the bay quite a few Larus glances-
cens and Larus californicus followed the steamer.
This evening when returning home I saw
the usual Larus glancescens and Larus califor-
nicus, and when a little ways out from San
Francisco saw several Larus brachyrynchus
hovering over some drift. I saw four cor-
morants going south.
Along the mole this evening ducks were
very common, feeding for the closet part in
the shallow water, as the tide was out, Several
hundred gulls were on the outermost sandpits,
and one or two Ardea herodias were feeding
in the shallows. In a slough near 1st
Street I noted a pair of Scap Ducks.
This morning I saw a Turnella magna in
the marsh on First Street.
March 3, 1909.
Alameda to San Francisco, California.
This morning ducks were rather scarce
and scattering along the seawall and mole,