Bird Notes: Aviary birds of the San Francisco Bay Region, v4289
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.46. Alameda to San Francisco, California. This morning I saw one cormorant flying over the east end of Alameda in a southwesterly direction. Along the seawall and mole this morning and this evening there were a few ducks and several gulls. On the bay this evening I saw the usual Larus glaucescens and Larus californicus, also Two Larus philadelphia southbound; April 3, 1909. Alameda to San Francisco, California. This morning I saw two Pipilo fuscus near High Street. Off the seawall west of Fifth Street were several Odemia perspicillata. Along the mole I saw several gulls on the water, 4 female Aristonetta valisneria near the beach at the roundhouse and a few Scamps and Scoters in the water along the mole. Along the mole this evening there were quite a few ducks in the water, a flock of 30 or 40 rising as the train passed; they appeared to be mostly Scamps. On the sand exposed by the outgoing tide there a good many gulls. April 5, 1909. This morning there were quite a few gulls on the sand near the roundhouse. Two Ardea herodias in shallow water. Very few ducks along mole. This evening saw Larus californicus and miniature Larus glaucescens on the bay, S. T. side.