Lake Umbagog
1896
June 11
(no 3)
& on the 6th within 30 yds. of the nest & on both occasions was
the only Warbler heard in that part of the woods.
[margin]Nest of
D. castanea[/margin]
  After taking the nest we removed the rope & sitting down some
distance off watched the tree for nearly an hour but the
female did not come back. We finally had to go as the
steamer was whistling for us at Pine Point. It was very
disappointing to miss positively identifying so large & beautiful
a set of Warbler's eggs but really there can be no reasonable
doubt that they are those of D. castanea. An apparently trifling
but really important bit of evidence to this effect remains
to be recorded viz. when the [female] left the nest she flew off in
the direction of the spot where the [male] was singing. He at
once ceased & did not again sing while we were there.
Now I have observed that when the [female] of either the Bay-breast
of[sic] Blackburnian is driven off her nest she either calls or
joins her mate & the two keep together until the intruder
departs when, if the nest has not been molested the [female]
returns to her task of incubation & the [male] resumes his song.
  As we came down the Lake on the steamer we saw
an unusual number of large Gulls, all apparently L. smithsonianus,
eight together near Moll's Carry, one off B. Brook Cove & one
near Great Island.