Bird Notes: Aviary birds of the San Francisco Bay Region, v4289
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high plumage, except one or two Anas boschas drabae which were nearly so. The following species were seen: Anas boschas, Chaulelennus streperus, Mareca americana, Dafila acuta, Apatula slypeata, Fuligula affinis (?). November 8, 1909. When going down the mole this morning I saw a large number of gulls and sandpipers on the sand in the light near the roundhouse. November 9, 1909. This morning I saw several Larus philadelphia off the seawall west of Fifth Street Station. Yesterday morning I saw an Arenaria melanocephala (?) fly up from the rocks at this place as the tram passed. November 10, 1909. This morning when waiting for the train at High Street Station at 7:30 I saw a flock of about fifty ducks pass over southward bound. Along the mole I saw a few small grebes and ducks. November 21, 1909. Three or five days ago I first noted Larus glauciscens. There were a number of them on the rocks at the mole. At the right stage of the tide there are usually ten or twelve Ardea herodias in the light near the roundhouse. December 2, 1909. For the last two or three days I have noted immense flocks of ducks on the water along the mole. A few sandpipers also seen in light. Grebes? Cormorants?