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Maxwell 9/7
3500 Sprigs in Harden, New [[?]] 
Many resting quietly in open [[ponds?]]
4 bombs used.
350 Pelicans in.

Princeton Rice Co. 1/4 acre heavy [[straws?]] Rice near lake [[down?]] by wind No sign of bird damage. No grain
eaten. No duck dung. straw not crushed down.

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Yoakum Gridley
Harvey Biggs
Garrett " [[ditto for: Biggs]]
Burwash
John [[Felloman?]]   }       Gridly
[[Barry?]] Schmitten }        
Richard Ayers
Dr.

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Marysville 9/11/18
Pica nuttalli [[female symbol]] [[strikethrough]]  4:30 107.6 [[/strikethrough]]
Agelaius tricolor [[female symbol]] [[strikethrough]] 5:00 p, 100.0 [[/strikethrough]]
Live Oak 9/13
Charmaea [[strikethrough]] 10:00 a  106.8 [[/strikethrough]]
Thryomanes [[strikethrough]] 11:00 a  107.6 [[/strikethrough]]
Melospiza melodia [[strikethrough]] 11:15  108.7 [[/strikethrough]]
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Gridley 9/13
Albert Gifford + Foreman Trainor Ranch
Many duck, feeding in lower field. This n. g. as no water was put on it until July, grown merely for [[feed?]]. Thinks birds are eating tender rice shoots. Has 300 acres rice. No actual damage now. Blackbirds [[?]], has
men shooting them.
Advocates opening of season so that chicks may be killed & eaten as food. In our case thinks this hardly [[?]] however, will not [[permit?]] hunters to walk through nearby rice.
343621.
E.A. Smilten