Lake Umbagog.
Cambridge River Marshes.
1896
Aug 17-23
(No 3)
  On the evening of the 18th about half-an-hour after
sunset Night hawks suddenly appeared in every direction
flying very high and moving towards the south west.
I counted eight in sight at once & saw in all a dozen
or more. On the evening of the 22nd I observed four
more.
[margin]Nighthawks
Migrating[/margin]
  Cedar Waxwings & King-birds continue to haunt the 
tall stubs on the Cambridge River marshes. They 
are less numerous than in former years.
[margin]Cedarbirds
King "[/margin]
  Crossbills of both species are about in considerable
numbers and I see or hear them almost daily, the
White-wings the oftener of the two and in much the
larger flocks. They haunt the spruce grown pastures chiefly.
[margin]Crossbills
of both
species 
common.[/margin]
  Warblers are unaccountably scarce. I see only a
few scattered birds or at most parties of three of four together.
Since my arrival on the 8th I have not met with a
single flock of more than five or six birds.
[Scarcity of
Warblers[/margin]
  During the past week I have heard a very few migrating
but there has been as yet no heavy flight if the
testimony of one's ears in to be taken as good evidence
on this point.
  The Lake is so very high that there are no feeding
grounds for the smaller waders & they have been
very scarce. Three Yellow-legs, the same numbers of
Solitary Sandpipers & a few Spotted Sandpipers are
literally all the birds of this class hat I have thus
far noted. 
[margin]Yellow legs
Solitary Sand.
Spotted "[/margin]