Lake Umbagog.
1896.
May 27
[May 27, 1896]

  Clear, the air wholly free from haze, a violent W. [west] wind blowing in
fitful gusts and raising a heavy sea on the Lake.

Nest hunting along the western shore of the Lake
from the Outlet to Great Island

  Watrous and I started in the big boat immediately after
breakfast rowing across to Richardson's Carry and thence following the
shore southward as far as the narrows entering every little cove and
pounding on every stub that had a hole of any size or kind. In
the stubs we found two Downy Woodpecker's nests and two Tree Swallows
from which the birds came out when we rapped at their doors
but none of which we disturbed. We also found a Song Sparrow's nest
on the island in Block Island Cove partly hidden under some
driftwood & containing three eggs.
  In the Cove just south of my old camping ground near the two
tall pines we came upon a Black Duck which had apparently just
swam out from a little island & which acted very suspiciously
allowing us to row within gunshot & then flying slowly around us
within twenty yards. We could find no nest, however, although we
searched the island and the neighboring shores of the mainland
very thoroughly.

Ospreys
Swallows
Olive-sided F. [Olive-sided Flycatcher]

  Near this island a pair of Ospreys, a pair of Purple Martins, &
a number of Barn, [Barn Swallow] Eave [Eave Swallow] & Tree Swallows were flying about and an
Olive-sided Flycatcher calling from a tall stub.

Spotted Sandpipers.

  All along the shores, especially on the points and on every little
island we started Spotted Sandpipers singly or in pairs. They behaved
as if they had nests but we searched vainly for the latter.

Metalluc Id. [Metalluc Island]

  Charlie Tidswell reported seeing a Wood Duck fly from the top of a
stub as the drive was passing close in shore just above the narrows
but although stubs & half dead trees are numerous there we found
no very good-looking holes & could start nothing resembling a
Duck. We landed on Metalluc Island where we found one of the
Swallow's nests & saw Song Sparrows, Yellow-rumps [Yellow-rumped Warbler] & a Water Thrush.