Lake Umbagog
Leonard's Pond
1896
June 2
(No 2)
[June 2, 1896]

Nest of Whistler [Common Goldeneye]
Acadian Owl "saw-whetting"

  After supper we rowed across to the Whistler's [Common Goldeneye] nest near the entrance
to Leonard's Pond. Watrous climbed to the nest and counted ten
eggs all of which were standing on end, doubtless to save space for
they were crowded together so tightly that it was difficult to
remove the first one. They were all cold and we saw no bird.
About half-an-hour after sunset a Saw-whet began filing
somewhere beyond Leonard's Pond in the swampy woods along
the Megalloway [Magalloway River]. It was apparently 200 to 300 yds. off.

  I also heard what sounded like the squawk of a Bicknell's Thrush
in the same flooded thicket were one was calling & singing on the
evening of May 22 [May 22, 1896].

Swainson's Thrushes

  Swainson's Thrushes have been numerous ever since we came to Pine Point
(May 21 [May 21, 1896]) and I believe that on that date the local birds had
about all arrived and settled in their breeding stations but
up to to-day they have been very silent calling but little and
singing so very little that as a rule I have heard only two
or three songs (not singers) each day and those about our camp in
the early morning & late evening. To-day, however, I heard three or
four birds singing freely.