Boston to Lake Umbagog
1896
May 11
[May 11, 1896]

  Cloudy and cool with light N. [North] to W. [West] wind. Clearing at sunset.

Vegetation

  Left Boston by 9 a.m. on Eastern R. R. [Eastern Railroad] and reached 
Bethel at 4.30 p.m. There was but little change in the
condition of the vegetation the entire distance. Shad Bush in
full bloom everywhere. Apple trees not quite in blossom after
leaving Portland (They were in full bloom at Cambridge).
  At Bethel saw Barn Swallows, Chimney Swifts, Robins, Chippies [Chipping Sparrow]
and a King bird [Kingbird]. Heard Least Flycatchers, a Warbling Vireo,
A Yellow rump [Yellow-rumped Warbler] and a Nashville Warbler, besides, of course, the Robins 
& Chippies [Chipping Sparrow]. No Orioles.
May 12 [May 12, 1896]  Spent the afternoon in Bethel. The morning was clear &
cool with a slowly rising N. [North] wind. In addition to the
birds noted yesterday heard a Dendroica virens. Two Warbling
Vireos this morning but no Orioles. I doubt if the latter
have arrived.
May 12 [May 12, 1896]  At 1 p.m. started by stage for the Lake.  C.H. Watrous who
joined me on the arrival of the noon train went on ahead
on his bicycle.
  The drive through to the Lake was one of the most delightful
I have ever taken. The air was just pleasantly cool, the sky
without a cloud, the mountains wholly free from haze. The
only drawback was a strong north wind which silenced the 
birds & drove them to shelter. Saw comparatively few species
Chippies [Chipping Sparrow] very abundant, fair numbers of Swifts & Barn Swallows,
two White crowned Sparrows, a Greater Yellow legs on the margin of
a rainwater pool in a meadow in Grafton, three Marsh Hawks, 
in Grafton, one black Partridge in the notch.  No Flickers - not one!