Lake Umbagog.
Outlet Marshes
1896
September 1
  A clearing day sunny for the most part but with a few
short, brisk showers from the great mass of black clouds
while the violent North-west wind drove rapidly across the sky.
The thermometer fell to 45 [degrees] at 10 P.M.
  At about 8.30 a.m. Will Sargent and I started for Errol in the
big boat. We saw a young Whistler off Moon Point and a Carolina
Grebe near the entrance to Richardson's Carry. Just as we got
into the river the storm overtook us coming in from the
Lake. Capt. Douglas hailed us to say that he had just seen
a large flock of Yellow-legs on the flats at the Outlet. We
accordingly turned about & rowed back. We found them
on the south side of the river near the outlet feeding on the
muddy marsh. There were over thirty birds two or three of
which were T. flavipes & all the rest T. melanoleuca. A more
noisy & shy lot I have rarely seen. It was almost impossible
to get near them at first and they made the coast ring
with their shrill clamor whenever we attempted to approach
them. But after we had chased them about awhile we broke
up the flock & I shot three single birds, two Greater & one
Lesser.
[margin]A large
flock of
Yellow-legs[/margin]
As our time was somewhat limited we spent less than an
hour in pursuit of the Yellow legs and then round to Errol
where we met C. & E.R.S. returning with them in the afternoon
by steamer. As we came out into the Lake we saw three
Yellow-legs & two Terns the latter sitting on an old snag.
[margin]C. & E.R.S.
reach camp[/margin]
  At 4 P.M.Will again rowed us across to the Outlet.
We found the Terns just where we left them & I shot one
which proved to be an adult [female] Sterna hirundo. The other one was
also an old bird & almost unquestionably of the same species
I was so sure of this that I would not shoot it.
[margin]Sterna
hirundo[/margin]