Bird Notes: Aviary birds of the San Francisco Bay Region, v4289
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9. Eremetes pusillus. Shot three. Mixed in with next species Limonites minutilla. Very common. Shot about forty. At high tide I noticed flocks light on the marsh grass that had been bent over close the water. In some places they would swarm on to a small patch of grass. As the tide ebbs and the mud becomes exposed, the shore birds immediately begin to arrive. Most of the flocks come from a southeasterly direction. Ardea herodias. About a dozen. Dafila acuta (?) I flock of about a dozen. Scaup Ducks. Common. I caught one crippled Fuligula affinis. Yellow iris. Aristonetta valisineria. Common. Celaungula clangula. Common. albeola. Three. Cormorants, Common. Apparently Phalacrocorax auritus. Gythlypis trichas. One adult in marsh. Melodipiza cinerea. As usual. February 25, 1910. Alameda, California. 4029 Sterna forsteri;♂; Alameda, California; Feb. 23, 1910 4030 Eremetes pusillus ♂ 4031 Larus argentatus ♀ 4032 ♀ 4033 ♀