Penobscot Bay, Maine.
1896
June 23
  Cloudless with violent N.W. wind up to 2 P.M. when the wind
fell to a light breeze, later changing to S.W.
  We started for Fox Islands at 6 A.M. before we reached
Green's Landing the wind became so strong that Conary said
we could not cross the bay without getting a soaking so we 
turned our attention to some of the small, wooded islands near
by landing first on -
  Grog Island, 1 m. E. of Green's Landing, about 6 acres, spruce openings
the trees mostly small black & white spruces & balsams growing thickly
in places. A beautiful little island with a long, narrow cove and
picturesque ledges. The birds found were: Merula migratoria one old,
another new but empty, nest, no birds seen; Turdus swainsonii, 1 *;
Dendroica coronata 2 [male] * one with mate and nest containing 4 young which
fluttered down to the ground when Watrous climbed the tree (nest in
spruce 8 ft. above ground among & on dead twigs close against the
stem - photographed) D. virens 1 * (peculiar song twee-twee-ter-see
soft & liquid; same bird also had normal [?] song, ti-ti-ti-ti-ter-see)
Melospiza fasciata, two pairs feeding young. New but empty nest in
spruce sapling - 4 ft. Corvus americanus two old birds with 4 young
on wing; one young bird mottled with white.
  After taking a number of photographs we crossed under double reefed
mainsail to
  Sheep Island. 40 to 50 acres-high land originally heavily wooded
(with stumps of yellow birches 2 ft. or more in diameter scattered about to
attest the fact) but now chiefly open sheep pasture large tracts grown up to
wild raspberry bushes & beds of Dickson's fern with scattered thickets of young
spruces & firs. Ground rough & rocky. Birds noted were
Merula migratoria, 1; Helminthophila ruficapilla 1 *, Dendroica virens 8 [female]