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1934
Bodega Bay, Sonoma Co. California
Feb. 11
of the sea cliff. In the surf were a 8 & 9
Surf Scoters. In the quiet waters of the
Bay in addition to the Brant we saw
Red-breasted Mergansers, Pied-billed Grebe,
Western Grebe, Feraline Cormorant, Murres,
Surf Scoters and various gulls while
on the mud banks at the south east end
were flocks of Marbled Godwits, Knots?, Western
Willetts (few) many gulls, and several
Oystercatchers were seen. Also many Sandpipers.
I drove down to Tomales Bay, on
the way seeing Hudson Shrikes, Pipits, White-
crowned Sparrows, Meadow Larks, Robins, several
Ravens and crows, one Great Blue Heron.
At Tomales Bay several thousand Brant
were scattered about which I presume
offshoot of the State Fish and Game Dept.
had counted. We kept abreast of one
small flock of some 35 birds as they
were flying down the bay and by the
speedometer ascertained that they were
Traveling at a rate of 25 miles per
hour and a trifle faster at times.
They seemed to follow the contour of
the bay shore finally joining a group of
several hundred feeding close to shore.
From the highway, 100 yards distant
were these wild Brant feeding on Old Grass.