Lake Umbagog.
Lakeside.
1896
October 4
  A superb day, calm, cool, with high-drifting
clouds alternately opening & shutting in. There was
a rare light on the gorgeously tinted autumn woods
& hills. The foliage is now much more brilliant than
it has been hitherto & probably at its highest perfection.
I have never seen the coloring surpassed, even here.
  A large flock of Scoters appeared over the Lake
just after breakfast and entertained everyone about
the hotel for an hour or more with their extraordinary
aerial evolutions. They alighted several times
& Crocker paddled out to them & shot one bird.
He reports that they were mixed Butter bills
& Surf Scoters.
[margin]Scoters in
the Lake[/margin]
  A superb Golden Eagle also passed over the
house & circled around Sargent's Cove. Through
the glass I could distinctly see that the bird
was fully adult with a bright golden brown
head and no white in the tail. His flight
was firmer & more graceful that that of a
Bald Eagle - more like a Red tailed Hawk's.
His wings were held perfectly level but the tips
bent upward a little. I have never actually seen
one of these Eagles at Umbagog before.
[margin]Golden Eagle[/margin]
  I spent the day packing for my start
homeward to-morrow.