Bird Notes: Aviary birds of the San Francisco Bay Region, v4289
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12. March 1, 1910. Alameda to San Francisco, Cal. Conditions: Moderate temperature; A. M.; foggy. This morning I saw a number of ducks and several Ardea herodias close to the mole. On the piling at the pier there were twenty or thirty gulls, Larus argentatus and Larus californicus being recognized. March 2, 1910. San Francisco, California. To-day was beautiful — warm and clear and not windy. While on the ferry boat this evening I saw the following gulls while the steamer was slipping: All were Larus occidentalis. I saw two or three fine adults white flying off a little ways from the slip. Larus argentatus. Three or four immature ones. They roost on the piling also. Larus californicus. One immature one. Larus glaucescens. Common. All immature. After we had gotten in the vicinity of Goat Island I saw a beautiful adult Larus glaucescens on the water. An immature Larus canus flew by, as well as several Larus glaucescens. One of the latter rode on one of the forward flag poles for about a mile. This morning I saw a grebe while the tram was passing down the mole. Several scoters this evening.