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Several gallinules seen
23
Mar 31
To Sunkfield 8 P.M.
Got 2 y g avocet nearby ready
To fly & 3 downy caught,
Stellts abundant 2nd 3
Nests seen, mudlury nests
Plenty 2nd 3 noted with
19 eggs, several gallinules
Seen yellow head bittricks
Nests, Seen squawks abundant.
Bitterny Bunneron. 3 or 4
Seen at once feeding.
Squawks & blackbirds
On some ground when water
Draining and crickets squawk
Everywhere this 1/2 hrs
3 Flocks feeding in cutoff
300s 4 flocks 1 of 50 birds
Fly low northbound over
Autobiz at end & water
Circle for 10 minutes set
up high in air & stable
North & NW. Toward Canal
then N. 2 Least Bittern seen
Travis tern on nest, 1 Grelbe
[illegible] bird shot, single dragged
A muddy shot ready to lay, [illegible]