Lake Umbagog.
Lakeside.
1896
Aug. 14
  Early morning cloudy with a dash or two of rain. Remainder of day
clear with light variable breezes and long intervals of dead calm.
Much cooler at morning and evening but ther. at 85 [degrees] at noon.
  Immediately after breakfast I took a short walk along the road
towards Upton seeing large numbers of Sparrows (chiefly Chippies, Song
Sparrows & Savannas with one Junco) two or three Hummers, two
Redstarts (one a fine old male) a Black & Yellow Warbler, and a
Hermit Thrush.
  Returning to the hotel I shot a Warbling Vireo in the Balm O'Gilead
Poplar at the N.W. corner of the piazza firing from the window of my
room. There were certainly three & I think four of these vireos in
the tree besides a number of Warblers & Sparrows. I first saw the Vireos
when I was dressing & heard them call and one of the young
warble in low tones. Although I felt sure of their identity I
considered it imperative to kill one of them to authenticate the
record of this occurrence for this is the first time that I have
ever found V. gilvus at Umbagog although it breeds regularly
at Bethel.
[margin]Vireo gilvus
at Lakeside[/margin
  The Swallows about the house had increased again this morning.
There were fully 300 but this time the Barn Swallows outnumbered
the Eave Swallows which, however, had also increased in
numbers. The flock spent most of the day in the Balm O'Gilead
making false starts every ten or fifteen minutes through the
forenoon.
[margin]Swallows[/margin]
At 2 P.M. as I was on my way to the boat landing a young
Cooper's Hawk came skimming across the Lake from the
direction of B. Point and alighted for a moment in a poplar
by the house. It then flew across the Lakeside meadow
pursued by a number of excited Barn Swallows who
dove down on it from above pecking at its head & evidently
[margin]Cooper's Hawk
chases a Sparrow[/margin]