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Two Mid-Winter Records for San Francisco County, California

Authors
Harold E. Hansen
Journal
Condor
Volume
20
Issue
2 (March-April)
Year
1918
Pages
93
Section
From Field and Study
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Two Midwinter Records for San Francisco County, California

Holboell Grebe (Columbus holboelli). On December 23, 1917, while taking a Christmas bird census for Bird-Lore with Mr. C. R. Thomas of Berkeley, California, a Holboell Grebe was seen at Stow Lake, Golden Gate Park, a species that is very uncommon in this region. Kobbe writes in The Auk (1901) that an individual was taken at Oakland in 1882, and that several were seen off the Presidio shore in 1900. Mr. Loomis also found this Grebe uncommon at Monterey Bay. The Grebe was last seen by the present writer at Stow Lake, February 3, 1918.

Whistling Swan (Olor columbianus). Two swans, presumably of this species, were seen feeding at Lake Merced December 23, 1917. This is the first time that I have seen the species in this region and I believe that this is the first record for San Francisco County.

Harold E. Hansen

San Francisco, February 8, 1918

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