Lake Umbagog, Maine.
1895
Sept. 7
[margin]Pine Point[/margin]
  Cloudy and warm threatening rain which, however did not come.
Wind S.E. rather strong in P.M.
  In the early morning I heard a Brown Creeper sing ten
or twelve times near the camp. He was in nearly full voice.
A flock of five Robins flew over towards the N. A Flicker
(the first I have noted here this year) called and "shouted" over in
broken tones. White-winged Crossbills were flying about chattering.
A Three-toed Woodpecker (P. arcticus) came about the camp
calling and rapping on the dead trunks. The usual flock of
Chickades & Nuthatches came at the usual time. There were
perhaps thirty Warblers with them but I did not have
an opportunity to review the former carefully.
[margin]Camp birds
Brown Creeper
sings[/margin]
[margin] Wh. w. Crossbills
Picoides[/margin]
[margin]Warblers[/margin]
  I spent the day making some changes in my canoe rigging
and attending to other small matters. At about 5 P.M. Jim
rowed (or rather sailed) me over to Moose Point where we
concealed ourselves among some brakes on the bank at the western
end of the little pond near the end of the Point. For an hour or
more nothing stirred except an occasional Heron or Eagle soaring
in the distance or a Savanna Sparrow rising and dropping again
into the grass after a short flight. At length a pair of Black
Ducks crossed the marsh some distance off. Next five Wood Ducks
came to the pond setting their wings as if intending to alight
but they suddenly turned & flew around us in a great circle
finally dropping into the twin pools to the westward. A few minutes
later a perfect swarm of Black Ducks came flying down the
creek from Leonard's Pond. There were two flocks containing
respectively about fifteen & forty birds. The smaller flock alighted
in the Lake & four birds swarm in nearby within shot when they
discovered our boat & rising made off. It was now nearly dark
[margin]Evening at
Moose Point[/margin]
[margin]Herons
Eagles
Black Ducks
Wood Ducks[/margin]
[margin] A swarm
of
Black Ducks[/margin]