California and Baja California field catalog and journal, v4287
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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]