Lake Umbagog.
1896
September 12
  Another cloudless, calm and very warm day.
  There was a dense fog in the early morning but it
cleared at about eight o'clock and at once the woods
were flooded with sunlight and enlivened by the calls of
numerous small birds. I heard only one Warbler but Titmice
Nuthatches and Woodpeckers were all present in larger numbers
than on any previous morning this season and the Pine Linnet
and White-winged Crossbill got on my list again for the
first time in two or three weeks.
[margin]Small birds
about camp[/margin]
  A small flock of Hudson Bay Chickadees were among
the other visitors to the camp. I was unable to count
them but judging by their calls there were at least
three or four and probably more.
[margin]Parus
hudsonius[/margin]
  On my arrival at Pine Point, August 25th, I found
many of the sarsaparilla plants already showing gold
and crimson leaves and a few days later I began
to see here and there along the Lake shore solitary
small maples that showed more or less brilliant coloring.
But with these exceptions the woods generally up to
September 7th were as uniformly green as in midsummer.
On the morning of the 8th I was surprised to find
that a large proportion of the foliage of the paper
birches on the Point has [delete]changed[/delete] become more or less
conspicuously yellow. The change must have taken place
during the night. It has since advanced steadily although
rather slowly.
[margin]First signs
of autumn
coloring[/margin]