Field notes, v510
Page 277
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Behle 1934. South Farallon Island April 13 With a party of 16, members of the U.C. Entomology club left San Francisco at 7:00 P.M. on U.S. Navy tug "Undaunted" Weather windy, cloudy and cold, water rough. Arrived at islands about 10:20 No restrictions were placed on us except collecting and we wandered pretty much over the entire place for two hours and then were shown through the various power plants, radio station and the light house. The nesting season in general was just starting and not all the birds that nest on the islands were seen. Rock Wrens were common on the islands being chiefly near the dwellings and on the rocky slopes up toward the light house. One I saw for an instance appeared to be in juvenile plumage. Two sparrows probably Savannah Sparrows were seen on the island. Western gulls were of course the most abundant birds and numbered thousands. They had not started nesting or egg laying and gave no indication even of having paired off. At least a dozen dead ones were found and one was found on