L. Umbagog [Lake Umbagog]
(90 [degrees] at Bethel)
Ther. [Thermometer] WED. [Wednesday] JUNE 23, 1909  Wea. [Weather]
80 [degrees] max Sunny.
Partly cloudy, calm, very warm
magnificent clouds & cloud effects
in afternoon & superb sunset.
  Spent forenoon on house boat 
packing & putting things away.
At 2 P.M. Fred Godwin came
with his launch and took me
& my things over to Lakeside
where I rejoined Chapman. He
& I rowed across to base of B.
Point to hear the Bullfrogs.
Their bellowing was simply deafening.
Counted 17 floating out in clear
water in cove. Kingbirds nest
4 eggs in top of hollow stub, Bluebird
feeding young in Woodpecker's (P.
villosus [Leuconotopicus villosus]) hole in birch stub 25 ft. up
Chapman, Nichols & I went to pasture
behind [?] at evening. Delightful
band migrants there Hermits (4) [?]
[?], White throats, Winter Wren etc

Lakeside - Bethel
Ther. [Thermometer] THURS. [Thursday] JUNE 24, 1909 Wea. [Weather]
90 [degrees] at Bethel Clear & hot
Clear with fresh W. [west] wind. Cool in
early morning. Very hot through day.
Chapman, Nichols & I left Lakeside
by stage at 7.30 A.M. and I reached Bethel
at 3 P.M. dining at Killgores
(25 [cent] meal & very good, too) as usual.
It was a hot & dusty but very pleasant 
ride for the air was clear & the mountains
scenery at its best. Saw & heard lots 
of birds. They sang freely all day despite
the heat. Bluebirds common on Upton 
Hill. 3 colonies Eave Swallows in 
Grafton, 1 on Upton Hill, 4 in Newry
Chapman & Nichols took 3.45 train.
I spent night in Bethel taking room
in hotel & dining at the Gehrings
where the Doctor & I sat later on
piazza talking a Fine Thrush concert
at sunset. Mosquitos much worse
than at Lake