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reminded me of field trips to Waukegan with those who had spotted it 
pointing out to their friends a single yellow-head on its distant perch a 
quarter of a mile across the marsh. 
No effort has been made to comment on all the birds seen as I am well 
aware that a record of observations of this nature is necessarily subjective. 
Another visitor covering the same ground would doubtless be more im- 
pressed with some of the species not mentioned. Perhaps he would be 
more pleased by the presence of the Brewster’s Egret, the western race of 
the Snowy Egret, or the White Pelicans that nest on an island in Great 
Salt Lake and make a daily round trip of 70 miles to feed on the refuge. 
Photo by W. F. Kubichek, Fish and Wildlife Service 
Long-billed Curlew 
Near the end of our drive we came upon one of the most interesting 
sights of the day — a sight to delight any bird student. Apparently I had 
stopped watching the roadway for a minute because I was unexpectedly 
aware of a tremendous concentration of birds in the air and all about the 
ground immediately in front of the car. Then I realized we were in a 
colony of nesting California Gulls. I had never seen nesting birds in such 
numbers before, except in motion pictures, and I was so impressed that 
I neglected to ask about the number of nests. However, the records show 
