Lake Umbagog.
1896
September 13
  Cloudy & cooler with fresh S. to S.E. wind.
  I spent the day about the camp sailing across to
the Outlet twice. Made no observations worth recording.
Will Sargent, who went down the river pickerel fishing,
reports seeing a flock of four large Plover and several
smaller waders.
[margin]Waders[/margin]
September 14
  Cloudy with S.E. breeze.
  After breakfast I sailed across the Lake & made
the rounds of the marshes & flats. Although the water
has fallen to just the point most favorable for the
waders I saw but two of these birds, a Black-bellied
Plover and a Bonaparte's Sandpiper. The Plover, although
a young bird, was exceedingly wild and restless, coursing
over the whole marsh region, frequently alighting but
never remaining on the flats for more than a minute
or two at a time. Sometimes he would go off high
in air towards the South until lost to sight & hearing
but in a few minutes he would return & again pitch
down to the flats. Noticing that he paid frequent
visits to the extreme point of land at the Outlet
I ran the canoe into a creek there & waited. Presently
he came over me very high & flying very swiftly
but a charge of #4 shot brought him down
[margin]Charadrius
helveticus[/margin]