Bird Notes: Aviary birds of the San Francisco Bay Region, v4289
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50. August 29, 1911. Carmel, cal. to south side Point L [illegible], Cal. Went down beach to San Jose Canyon, then followed road across point. Sophortyx Californicus. A few in brush in lower part of Canyon. Shot two young ones. Larus occidentalis. Several. One flew over us calling incessantly while we were on rocks. Larus heemanni. A few. Aegialitis miosa. Quite common on beaches. Often half a dozen together. All seemed to be adults. Oryzchus vociferus. Three or four on beach of Lagoon of Carmel River and three or four on greavel of San Jose Creek. Ereunetes fuscillus. Shot several on Carmel beach. Saw two or three flocks of sandpipers, evidently the same species. Actitis Tringoides macularius. Shot one on rocks. Saw two others, one on rocks, one on shore of Carmel River lagoon. Bost up and down like Heteractitis micans. Heteractitis micans. Two or three. Wild. Phalaropus hyperboreus. One in San Jose Creek. Very tame. Picking food from bottom in shallow water. Scoters. Several offshore. Cormorants. As usual on rocks offshore. Species undetermined. Two or three large hawks or vultures in San Jose Canyon.