Lake Umbagog.
1896
May 25
(No 2)
[May 25, 1896]

Nest hunting along the shores of the North Arm.
Woodpecker holes last indefinitely

 Shortly after dinner Watrous & I started out in the big boat.
There was much wind and a heavy sea on the middle lake so
we rounded the point and took the south-east shore of North Arm
penetrating deep into all the coves, rapping all the stubs
that showed Woodpeckers' or other holes, landing on some of the
points & islands to look for Black Ducks' nests in short
following the old customs and reviving in my own mind
many of the old days when, with Alva Coolidge, I have skirted
these same shores and, no doubt, rapped on the very same
stubs and looked suspiciously at the same Woodpecker holes,
as well preserved now as then, perhaps, for in the dry ash &
maple stubs I believe they will last half a century at the least.

Pileated W. [Pileated Woodpecker]
Gooseander.
Wood Pewee
Olive-sided F. [Olive-sided Flycatcher]

  In Brandy Ledge Cove we saw a Pileated Woodpecker and
a [female] Gooseander but neither was obliging enough to betray
the position of its nest. It was so windy that the smaller
birds sang but little but we heard Yellow-rumps [Yellow-rumped Warbler] on all
the points & everywhere a few of the other Warblers
which breed here including one Bay-breast [Bay-breasted Warbler]. We also both
saw and heard a Wood Pewee - perched on the top of a tall stub - 
as well as several Olived Sided Flycatchers [Olive-sided Flycatcher].

Spotted Sandpipers

  Spotted Sandpipers were unexpectedly numerous in the coves & on
the points all along the shores. We saw at least 8 or 10 but
could discover no nests nor, indeed, any suitable places for
them.

Rapid River
Ospreys
Bald Eagle
Black Ducks
Herring Gulls
Red wing B. [Red-winged Blackbird]
Tree Swallows

  We reached Rapid River at 4.30 too late to make more
than a brief inspection of the forest of tall, gaunt stubs which
still line the shores near the mouth of this stream. There
were very many birds here - a pair of Ospreys, a young Bald
Eagle, a pair of Black Ducks, a pair of Herring Gulls, a
Bronzed Grackle, a single Red-wing [Red-winged Blackbird] & one pair (only) of
White-bellied Swallows with the usual allowance of several