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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. <> <> Yoakum Gridley Harvey Biggs Garrett " [[ditto for: Biggs]] Burwash John [[Felloman?]] } Gridly [[Barry?]] Schmitten } Richard Ayers Dr. [[end page]] [[start page]] 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]] [[lined across page]] 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