1894
June 29
(No 3)
Breezy Point, Warren, N.H.
on the shores of the old mill pond.
  In the woods we heard both Hairy and Yellow-bellied
Woodpeckers as well as one Downy.
  Hermit Thrushes appeared to be about and Blackburnian 
Warblers were very scarce. There were a few Parula
Warblers and Redstarts & two Maryland Yellow-throats
(the last near the mill pond).
  We got back to Merrill's in time for dinner.
  After tea this evening we walked down the
valley again. The sky was clearing and
the sunlight streamed through rents in the
clouds tinting the eastern mountains purple
and golden. It was a calm evening with
much singing of the common birds but
we neither saw nor heard any thing of any
especial interest.
  Deer are said to be scarce here. I have
seen but one track – that of a doe & very fresh,
in a spruce pasture on the other side of
the river.
  Sable and Fishers are not uncommon on the
mountain (Moosilauke) where Merrill sets a
line of traps every winter. Two or three years
ago one of his neighbors caught six Fishers
in a single winter. Otters & Beaver are unknown
even by tradition. There were a few Wolves when
Merrill's father came here some fifty years ago.
At that time there were Moose, also.