Lake Umbagog, Maine.
1894
Sept. 13
  A superb day, very warm, with light westerly winds.
  Mr. Hubbard & I went up the Megalloway taking two
boats and both the guides. On the way up the
river we saw a Bald Eagle, an Osprey, a Spotted
Sandpiper, two Solitary Sandpipers, a Kingfisher (only one)
and a Sharp-shinned Hawk.
[margin]Trip up the
Megalloway
Eagle, Osprey[/margin]
  I did not fire a shot before reaching Bottle Brook Pond
where we found fully 75 Black Ducks. I stalked
a portion of the flock successfully but with some
difficulty. They were off the point between the middle
and right-hand coves. As I got to the black alder
thicket on the end of the point a dozen or more
Ducks were standing or lying on a grassy island just
out of range preening their feathers or sleeping. Every
now & then two or three would chase one another
about, splashing the water noisily with their wings &
making the place ring & echo with their loud quacking.
It was nearly half an hour before I got a shot but
at length three birds came swimming along close
under the bushes and I killed three, all with
a single charge. The foliage prevented my getting in
the other barrel.
[margin]Sh. shin Hawk
Bottle Brook
Pond[/margin]
[margin]Black
Ducks[/margin]
  On the way down river Jim & I entered & paddled
up Bear Brook for half a mile or more seeing nothing
but a pair of Wilson's Snipe which rose from the bank
& at which I fired a fruitless double with #4 shot.
Will meanwhile was shooting at a Grebe in the river
with his rifle.
[margin]Bear Brook[/margin]
[margin]Snipe[/margin]
  Near the mouth of the Megalloway I stalked a flock of
15 Wood Ducks in a small pond just over the west
[margin]Wood Ducks[/margin]