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3/24 Got a mess robins 17 & 1 rat-
bit at night.
3/4 more robs. 3/5 2 robs.
3/8 3 robs. 1, 1 pigeon from house
over 3rd story. Wounded female.[illegible]
3/10 Sat. got 15 sheels. 1 rarid, got
him with another, at a double shot;
all hot shots; flew too high & missed 3 X
quit. Getting wilder every day roosting
in lots around B.Y. Ave. & Pearl St.
Got another double shot but took an-
other sheel 2 kill 1 bird wounded.
Are so fary now they fly across
Smiths to roost & not across carrot
patch in former quantities.
Saw allens-or- Refous Summers
for a week. Goldfinches not thick
yet. Blackbirds roosting on
B.Y. Road pines for 3d year.
Snowbirds common last 2 days.
3/14 grobs with 14 sheels. 5 Am.
goldf. with 1 shell, all shot in head,
#9 shot.