. The birds of California : a complete, scientific and popular account of the 580 species and subspecies of birds found in the state. Birds; Birds. The Herring Gull as early as the first of September. By October there is a fair sprinkling of this species in most harbor-haunting or coastwise flock of gulls, but the local status of the species is incessantly changing. Much depends upon weather conditions in southern Alaska and British Columbia. A storm or a cold snap as late as January will bring thousands of gulls of this and allied species hurrying down from the North, and may quite alter the
. The birds of California : a complete, scientific and popular account of the 580 species and subspecies of birds found in the state. Birds; Birds. The Herring Gull as early as the first of September. By October there is a fair sprinkling of this species in most harbor-haunting or coastwise flock of gulls, but the local status of the species is incessantly changing. Much depends upon weather conditions in southern Alaska and British Columbia. A storm or a cold snap as late as January will bring thousands of gulls of this and allied species hurrying down from the North, and may quite alter the com- plexion of the local gull fauna. Many birds attach themselves to coastwise vessels, and some few follow faithfully from Eureka to San Francisco, or from the Bay Cities to San Diego. Vessels plying to Portland and Puget Sound ports put further out to sea, and so lose their Larine super-cargoes, but as they approach the Golden Gate they are greeted by waiting crews of these enthusiastic and hungry servitors. When not dancing in close attendance upon ships, the gulls move extensively along the coastline at the dictation of the pre- vailing wind. Even in midwinter, when the birds would prefer to remain in the South, they seem to have no choice but to breast the wind, and so will move up the coast hundreds of miles in a day, if the wind is from the west or northwest. They work their way down coast again in calm weather, or else breast the south wind. In migratory flight, or when. Taken in Santa Barbara County FOLLOWING THE PLOW Photo by the Author '397. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Dawson, William Leon, 1873-1928; Dickey, Donald R. (Donald Ryder), 1887-1932; Pierce, Wright M; Finley, William L. (William Lovell), 1876-1953; Brooks, Allan, 1869-1946. San Diego ; Los Angeles ; San Francisco :
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