Bird Notes: Aviary birds of the San Francisco Bay Region, v4289
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Ducks. Probably 200 or so. All that were close were Edonua deglandi. Probably a dozen seen close enough for identification. Two Danguea clangula in slough. Aegialitis nivosa, and Calidris arenaria had enlarged sexual organs. Those of the last apparently not full size; birds moulting. Stirundo erythrogaster. Several hawking about over water south of island a little ways offshore. May 3, 1911. San Leandro Bay, Alameda county, california. I worked north of the old railroad trestle. Low- tide at about 10:15 A.M. Windy. Sterna forsteri. Ten or twelve terns, presumably of this species. Larus philadelphia. Probably a score altogether. Half hooded adults, half immature. Larus californicus. Three or four immature and nearly adult. Larus glauciscens. One bleached immature bird. Squatorola helvetica. About a dozen, all black-bellied. Aegialus semipalmatus. Probably a score. Often fly by in pairs and calling. Has habit when on ground of occasionally standing very erect for an instant. Captive Aegialitis nivosa noted doing same thing. Numenius hudsonicus. Curlews common. Apparently all of this species. No Willets seen here