Bird notes taken at Santa Cruz and Monterey Counties, California, v4495
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upon its prey. I noticed that its wings were not closed but were almost perpendicular to its back so that at any mom- ent its decent might be stop- ped or its speed lessened. Jan-8. Sometime ago a Gull was shot that was new to me. It proved to be a Glaucus-winged Gull. It was a young bird of the year. Jan-15- Sometime ago a Sparrow- was shot that was identified as an Intermediate Sparrow. Most of the winter Sparrows I have been calling Gambels' belong to this species I think Sea very rough on 10th in- stant and ducks were forced to come to estuarial waters! A flock of about 300 came and caught in "marshy lake". Pelicans also came in from