Lake Umbagog
1896
August 28
  A beautiful day, clear, cool (48 [degrees] at sunrise 70 [degrees] at noon) with a
light west wind.
  In the forenoon we went to Moose Point & Leonard's Pond
to study & follow the tracks of the Moose seen last night.
Just after we had emerged from the pond and while sailing
up river towards the Carry a Whistler attempted to pas over head
when I brought her down with the 20 gauge this firing the
only shot that I fired.
  In the afternoon Will Sargent rowed Dr. Gehring & his step son
across the Lake. On the muddy banks of the creek where
I saw the Moose they came upon a flock of ten Yellow legs, 
two Greater & eight Lesser. Young Farnsworth killed one of the
latter with a rifle ball.
[margin]Yellow legs
of both species[/margin]
  At evening I paddled across and met our party in
Richardson's Carry where we remained until dark. The Crocker
youths kept up a perfect fusilade on Moose Point but only
two Ducks came near us and at thee I was unable to
shoot as they passed behind me. We saw a number of Herons
and heard two Great Horned Owl, an old one hooting near
Moll's Rock and a young bird, uttering at short, regular intervals
the peculiar husky scream, characteristic of the young of this
species, among the stubs near Leonard's Pond. The only verbal
rendering of this cry that suggested itself to me was
clear but that is not, I fear, a happy rendering. The sound
is loud and it carries well. It varies greatly in quality. At
times the tone is husky almost gasping; at others clear &
ringing-like a full, loud whistle & not unlike the single call
of Pinicola only sounds louder.
[margin]Bubo
virginianus[/margin]