Lake Umbagog, Maine.
Outlet Marshes
1894
Oct.1
  A bright, sunny day with the sky flecked with clouds.
Forenoon warm with light variable winds coming from every
point of the compass. Afternoon cooler with brisk N.W. wind
which died away suddenly & completely at sunset. Last night
was cloudy and very dark with a short but brisk
shower just before daybreak and light south-east wind.
The thermometer fell to about 42 degrees (at 10 P.M.)
  I have been thus [far] careful regarding the record of the weather
because to-day was marked by the presence on the marshes
at the Outlet of an unusual number of Wilson's Snipe
which, no doubt, arrived last night. Will Sargent reported
starting two in Richardson's Carry early this morning while
on the way to some traps which he set yesterday near
Bernard's Pond. Suspecting that there would be others on
the more favorable ground beyond the Carry I started
immediately after breakfast in the canoe and sailed
across & through the Carry to the flats opposite Bernard's
Pond. As I was taking down the sail six Snipe rose
followed quickly by several others and on landing I
at once began to put up more. I walked over most
of this ground but not having the dog could not
beat it at all thoroughly. I started by actual count
thirty two different birds. With a single exception every
one of them flew out of sight, the majority going
up the Megalloway valley. Nearly all of them rose
very wild so that I had only a few really good
shots. I missed at least half of them and bagged only
four birds. The sun was shining bright & warm all
the time I was on the meadow and there was either
no wind or but a gentle breeze. Many of the birds
[margin]Gallinago
delicata[/margin]