Lake Umbagog, Maine.
1894
Oct. 2
Outlet Marshes
  Cloudy with strong north-west wind and occasional dashes
of rain. A blustery, rather cold & decidedly disagreeable day.
  Will rowed us across the Lake and through Richardson's
Carry soon after breakfast. On the mud-flat just beyond
the Carry we found a most interesting lot of waders. There
were five Greater Yellow-legs, about fifteen Pectorals and
a Least Sandpiper (positively identified) all assembled on a
muddy island only a few rods square. We watched them
for some time from a distance of thirty yards. At length
the Yellow-legs became nervous, ceased feeding, and finally
flew coming directly past us. I fired both barrels at
single birds & missed with both. Then the Pectorals dashed past
& I shot one of them. All these birds rose high in air
& went off down the Lake. At the same time I heard the
call of a Black-bellied Plover & saw five of them following
the Yellow-legs & Pectorals.
[margin]Mixed flock
of Waders[/margin]
  I then landed & beat the entire marsh for Snipe but although
the little spaniel worked the ground most industriously
we put up only six birds all of which rose out of range
and flew out of sight. They were as wild as Hawks.
There were some Sheldrake & Black Ducks at the Outlet
but we could not get near them. After making the
attempt we were returning down the river when I heard
the cry of a Killdeer Plover, a bird new to my
Umbagog list. It appeared presently, flying high in
company with six Pectorals, and finally alighted on
an open mud flat when it began running about feeding.
I tried to stalk it but when I was still sixty yards
away it rose and flew across the river making a
great outcry. We followed but could not get near it