Lake Umbagog
Cambridge R. Marshes
1896
Aug. 10
(No 2)
attractive water fowl back in such numbers in this old
haunts. Would that they might be permitted to stay
unmolested through the autumn as well as the summer!
But alas! in a few short weeks the slaughter will
begin.
[margin]Water fowl
unmolested[/margin]
  Apparently the patches of grass along the river banks
as yet shelter no small birds except when there are
bushes, also, as near the floating island where I heard
a Swamp Sparrow sing yesterday & others chirp to-day.
The Savanna Sparrows are still on this breeding grounds
in the upland fields & pastures. The meadow at Lakeside
is alive with them. No doubt they will take to the
river marshes as soon as the water falls sufficiently
to make these grounds attractive to them.
[margin]Swamp
Sparrows[/margin]
[margin]Savanna Sparrows[/margin]
  The only birds singing with any regularity or frequency
are the Goldfinch, Song Sparrow and Red-eyed Vireo but
several others such as the Wood Pewee and Olive-sided
Flycatcher are heard occasionally & this morning a Water
Thrush and a Yellow-rumped Warbler each sang over near
the Peaslee Spring; the Water Thrush's voice was as strong
& rich as in June but the Yellow rump's was feeble &
hesitating. Thrushes & White-throated Sparrows are absolutely dumb.
[margin]Birds still
in song[/margin]
  As I was sailing past B. Point this afternoon I
heard the chink, chink of White-winged Crossbills & the
next moment a flock of seven of these birds started
from the top of a tall spruce & flew off towards
the north.
[marign]Loxia
leucoptera[/margin]