72
Lake Umbagog.
1897
May 24
(No 2)
  We were out all the afternoon - in fact did not
get back until after our usual supper hour.
  I saw a great many birds but nothing of especial
interest or novelty. A Fish Hawk rose to an
immense height first over Great Island, then drifting
off over the mainland towards to Tyler Cove poising
& flapping his wings loosely screaming cree-cree etc.
almost incessantly, keeping this up for fully 15 minutes.
Finally his mate appeared soaring in great circles
a [delete]thousand[/delete] feet or more beneath him. He, however,
kept on poising, flapping & screaming at his former
level.
[margin]Song flight
of Osprey[/margin]
  Nearly every one of the small, densely-wooded islands
which we have visited in search of Ducks' nests has
its pair of Song Sparrows and Spotted Sandpipers.
These are almost certain to be found. There are also,
usually, a Redstart or a Parula Warbler. We saw a
Red Squirrel on Bear Island.
[margin]Birds breeding
on small
islands in
the Lake.[/margin]
  Great Island is simply alive with birds from one
end to the other & I think most of these will
stay & breed. Black-throated Blue Warblers are the
most numerous of all. There are also Bay-breasts
in fair numbers & in the cove near our anchorage
the only Winter Wren and Brown Creeper that I have
sound since leaving Lakeside. There were two Eagles
haunting this cove when we first came but I have not
seen them for two days past. Nor have I seen either
of the Black Ducks to-day. Herring Gulls fly to & fro
through the "gut" & occasionally enter our cove.
[margin]Abundance 
of birds on
Great Island[/margin]
[margin]Eagles[/margin]
[margin]Herring
Gulls[/margin]