72. September 20, 1911. Point Sur to Sur River, California. P.M. Overcast; warm; no wind to speak of. Loon. One flying northward. Shearwaters. Moving northward offshore in straggling fashion. Larus occidentalis. As usual. Adults and young. Flying, standing on rocks, standing on floating kelp. Some calling at evening at Point. Larus californicus. An adult with mottled head of winter garb. Arenaria melanocephala. Several. Chiefly on rocks. One on beach. Oxychus vociferus. Two or three flocks of 10 or 12 on dry beaches and about fresh water. Aegialitis nivosa. Two or three. This species, the Kildeer, and Aegialites semipalmatus all have the habit of lifting the front part of the body with head very erect, when watching a person intently. Numenius hudsonicus. One. Alighted at a small fresh-water lagoon. Calidris arenaria. Two or three bands, the largest numbering about 15. Eremetes pusillus. Shot one at freshwater lagoon. Limionites minutilla. Shot one at freshwater lagoon. Saw other one or two or four other small sandpipers. Might have been either species. Ardea herodias. Three or four. Here and there on floating kelp well offshore. Cormorants. As usual. Phalacrocorax pelagicus. They were going to roost this evening as I came home - 5:30. Sun had not yet set. Pelecanus californicus. One near False Sur - flying. Flock of 6 flying northwest near mouth of Sur. Afterwards a few stragglers all going in the same direction.