Lake Umbagog.
Near Lakeside
1896
June 10
(no 3)
sing but little now. Although the breaking away of the clouds
this morning induced even the Nashville Warblers to sing freely I
heard only three White-throats and each of these but once.
The Hermit Thrushes were utterly silent. I cannot understand
why they have been so chary of their music this season.
I am surprised to find no Bobolinks settled here. Apparently
all the birds we saw in May were migrants for I
cannot hear one now any where in the region near Lakeside.
I was also disappointed this morning in finding no
Mourning Warblers but then I did not go to any very good
places.
[margin]Hermit Thrushes
silent
No Bobolink
breeding here[/margin]
[margin]No Mourning
Warblers[/margin]
  Excluding birds which inhabit open fields exclusively the
species settled here which we did not find at all near the
head of the Lake are as follows: Helminthophila ruficapilla,
Dendroica tigrina, Turdus pallasii, Spizella socialis, Philohela
minor.
  Yesterday I visited the Partridge's nest on the hillside in the
belt of woods between Lakeside & the Brown opening expecting to
see only a few discarded egg-shells but I found 5 eggs in
the nest and the feathers & a few other remains of the poor
bird about 2 ft. from & directly in front of the nest. From
the fact that only one egg was missing I infer that a
Fox was the murderer. A cock Partridge was drumming
this morning within easy hearing of the nest but below the
road instead of on the hillside above where the mate of
this [delete]poor[/delete] unfortunate [female] used to drum last month. I have
not doubt, however, that he is the same "old drummer"
[Partridge
killed on
nest, probably
by a Fox[/margin]