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Cogswell
1948
Ereunetes mauri
Oct. 31 - Bay Farm Id., Alameda, Alameda Co., Calif.
(See entry under Enola algeira regarding foraging).
Dec. 30 - Beach opposite S. end of Morris Bay, San Luis Obispo
Co., Calif. - only 2 molivicolis in 1/2 hours
walk up the beach, & there were fully 150
Least Sandpipers nearby — a reverse
of the usual ratio of these two species on
a sandy beach.
1949
Apr. 22 - base of St. Isabel to N. end of Golden Gate Fields racetrack,
Contra Costa & Alameda Cos., Calif. Massed flocks,
far outnumber all other shorebirds. Estimated
20,000 + near highway at high tide. Most are showing
rusty on head, back; a few still rather gray.
Apr. 23 - N.W end of Bay Farm Id., Alameda Co., Calif. — altho
outnumbered by Dowithers along Oodittle Drive
at ebb tide, this species is by far the most common
on the broad flats NW of Island Rd. & Martland Drive
now at noon (nearing low tides). I estimate 1
bird every 2 square yards of exposed mud
— and they are so scattered all across to
the dike along edge toward S.J. Bay proper.
Some of the distant specks, of course, may be
E. minutilla or E. algeira; but certainly most are
this species. Only a few were seen in the up-
turned tail threatening actions noted in spring.
Some still show grayish cast to upperparts.
[From map area of this region my est. of nos. here
would be 374,400 !!! birds — perhaps too high]