Lake Umbagog.
Cambridge River Marshes.
1896
August 30
  Cloudless, the forenoon calm, a light S.W. wind in the
afternoon.
  Spent the forenoon in camp. In the afternoon Will
rowed me to Lakeside. We saw nothing of much interest
on the way - an Eagle & an Osprey or two with three or
four Kingfishers - no Ducks.
[margin]Trip to
Lakeside[/margin]
  On reaching Lakeside I found a few Swallows among
which I recognized Barn, Eave & White-bellied.
" [August] 31
  Cloudy with E. wind and frequent showers. A heavy thunder
shower passed to the north at 4 P.M.
  In the morning Will rowed me over to Upton. We saw
on the Cambridge River marshes a Lesser Yellow-leg, three
Spotted Sandpipers, a Wilson's Snipe, seven Wood Ducks
(evidently the same flock minus one bird that I saw on the
18th & 22nd) three Great Blue Herons, two Ospreys & an Eagle.
There also two Semipalmated Plover, feeding on the
saw-dust flats just below the big elm at the Lake House.
At least 75 Swallows, chiefly Eave & White bellies, flying over the marshes.
[margin]Swallows[/margin]
  At 2 P.M. we started up the Lake reaching camp just
before the edge of the big thunder shower came over us
with heavy wind & a dash of rain. As we were about
midway between B. Brook Point & Pine Point we saw
a Phalarope fulicaruis I think but I could not identify
it certainly although it came within long gunshot flying
anxiously about & frequently alighting on the water (dead
calm at the time) but remaining there more than
a few seconds, It was interesting to see with what confidence
& decision this bird alighted dropping [delete]like[/delete] as a Sandpiper
drops on a mud flat & closing its wings very suddenly at the
[margin]Phalarope[/margin]