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Mar 20, 1937 (cont) 10. Carolina chickadee 2 11. Tufted Tit 1 12. Brown Creeper 1 13. Bronzed Grackle 5000 or more. I killed five with one shot of a 410 gauge pistol. 14. Red winged Blackbird 500 in 2 flocks 15. Meadowlark 4 16. Starling scattered all over 17. Crow (10-12) 18. Blue Jay (3) 25. Phoebe 2 19. Robin (4-5) 20 Bluebird (20) 21. White throated Sparrow (2) 22. Tree Sparrow (20-30) 23. Junco (20) 24. English Sparrow 4-5 Came home tired but feeling fine Horace came tonight. Mar 21, 1937 Stayed home all day until about 2:00 PM when we drove to Mt Vernon & return. Clara & kids out to dinner but an attack of indigestion kept me from eating. Saw a few birds. 1. Herring gull 10-12 Roaches Run & Potomac 2. Black Duck 10-12 3. Canvasback 4. Redhead 5. Pintail 6. Scaup 7. Ring neck Duck (3) [[Closing brace taking in 2-7 with notation, wind so strong it was difficult to tell numbers.]] 8. American Merganser Mt Vernon 9. Field Sparrow 1 at Home 10. Chewink one at home [[Between 6 & 7 at right]] 11. Red headed woodpecker/Arlington Cem. [[/Between 6 & 7 at right]]
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(@AntelopeWest) There is only one closing brace. I think it's misleading to show six.