Lake Umbagog.
Pine Point. Outlet Marshes
1896
September 6
  Heavy rain storm all day with strong S.W. wind[.]
  I spent the day about camp writing etc. There was
a rather large mixed flock of Warblers etc. drifting back
& forth through the birch grove and at noon, cornering
them on the end of the Point I made a very accurate &
complete census of the species and the number of individuals
of each. The list is as follows:
[margin]Census of
mixed flock
of Warblers etc
at Pine Point.[/margin]
  Parus atricapillus, 1: Troglodytes hyemalis, 1; Certhia f. americana, 1;
Sitta canadensis, 1; Mniotilta varia, 1 [female]; Helminthophila
ruficapilla, 3 juv.; Compsothlypis a. usneae, 2 juv.; Dendroica
coronata, 1 juv; D. caerulescens, 1 [male]; D. striata, 1; D.
Blackburniae, [male] juv.; D. maculosa, 1; Vireo olivaceus, 1;
V. solitarius, 3; V. philadelphicus 1 (a little beauty, very yellow
beneath, in full autumn plumage, very tame); Junco, 3;
Contopus virens (a young [male] singing sotto voce); Picus pubescens, 1.
[margin]Philadephia
Vireo[/margin]
  There was also a solitary Swift darting about one
of the trees. Altogether I have not seen so many birds
on the Point at one time before this season.
[margin]Chimney Swift[/margin]
  In the afternoon Will Sargent rowed across the Lake &
fished down the river for a mile or more. He saw
an enormous flock of Lesser Yellow-legs - more than
100 birds, he says, and his statements & impressions as to
such matters are to be taken with entire confidence.
They were feeding on the flats opposite Leonard's Pond
and were very tame. He also saw three flocks of
Wilson's Snipe, with 7, 5, & 3 birds respectively, flying
about in the rain.
[margin]Big flock of
Summer
Yellow-legs[/margin]
[margin]Wilson's
Snipe in
flocks[/margin]