Lake Umbagog, Maine.
1894
Oct. 3
Pine Point.
  The sun peeped out once or twice during the forenoon but
most of the day was cloudy with a strong south-east
wind and occasional dashes of rain. The wind rose
after sunset and now (10 P.M.) is blowing almost a gale.
  I spent most of the forenoon photographing on the
point. Of course the conditions were not favorable but
still the wind did not seem to penetrate the recesses
of the woods and there were many brief periods when
the leaves were fairly still.
[margin]Photographing
in the
woods
near camp[/margin]
  There were at least two flocks of Juncos in one woods
and a very large number of Hermit Thrushes, evidently
migrants which came last light. I also saw two
Ruby-crowned Kinglets one of which sang very sweetly a
few times.
[margin]Juncos
Hermits
Ruby crown.
Kinglets[/margin]
  Among a flock of Chickadees & Golden-crests I detected a
Black-throated Green Warbler, a young male in full autumn
plumage. This is a late date.
[margin]A late
D. virens[/margin]
  To my surprise one Partridge began drumming at about
half-past nine this morning. I heard him twice and
then went to the knoll where I found him in his
usual place. He behaved rather oddly stalking about a
good deal, sitting down as if to drum, then after one
or two flaps closing his wings and preening his feathers or
turning around again. A large yellow leaf from a
striped maple came whirling down and settled on the log
near him. He walked to the spot, looked at it a
moment, picked it up in his bill and then cast
it from him to the ground with an impatient jerk
of the head. Soon afterward he left while I was absent
for a moment.
[margin]Bonasa u.
togata[/margin]