Penobscot Bay, Maine.
1896
June 29
  Clear with a violent S.W. wind.
  Starting at 8 a.m. we beat through the channel to Green's Landing
& passing inside of Andrew's Island stood across the Bay
to a group of small islands & ledges lying off the N.E.
extremity of North Vinal Haven. As we drew in towards these
islands but while we [were] still a mile or more from them a great
flock of White-winged Scoters rose fully half-a-mile ahead &
flew off down the Bay. Conary thought there were at least 100 birds.
When we came out into the bay on our return late in the
afternoon we started the same flock near the same place.
I have never seen Scoters so wild before.
  We landed on Hog, Dagger & Downfall Islands, each of which
had its Osprey's nest which I photographed with great difficulty
owing to the wind which blew half a gale the whole time.
The nest of Hog Island was on a rock. It was empty & looked
dilapidated but Conary says he saw a bird sitting on it early in
May. The nest on Dagger Island was on the top of a green spruce.
An Osprey was sitting on it & her mate was perched on a rock
over the water. Both whistled incessantly not only while we were
on the island (the [female] flew off the nest when we landed) but also the
whole time our boat was within 300 yards of the land. I think this
bird had eggs. My photograph of the nest shows also in the
distance Dagger Ledge on which was another nest on a rock with
a sitting bird & her mate perched on another part of the ledge.
Leaving our sloop at anchor under the lee of Dagger Island
we moved in the pea pod across some very rough water to
Downfall Island where another pair of Ospreys had a nest on the
top of a jutting rock washed by the tides. This nest contained
three young about ½ grown & partially feathered. Their parents