93
Lake Umbagog.
Great Island - Leonard's Pond
1897
May 30
  The sun rose clear this morning and it shone most
of the time through the day although the sky was at
times half covered with cumulus clouds. A rather fresh
S.W. wind blew during the forenoon and through the afternoon.
[margin]Sunny 
weather
over shore[/margin]
  The birds evidently appreciated the return of fine weather
after so long a period of gloomy skies and dripping woods
for they sang almost without cessation during the entire
day and in the early morning and at evening with
rare fervor and abandon. We heard the morning event
in our pretty little cove at Great Island, the [delete]evening[/delete]
even'song at Leonard's Pond for, after spending most of
the forenoon in trying to work our unwieldy craft
through the narrows with a breeze too light to be of any
real service, we got away successfully soon after dinner
and without mishap or the slightest difficulty
reached the open lake and stood straight for
Leonard's Pond in which we cast anchor at 4 P.M.
[margin]Birds sing
ceaselessly
all day[/margin]
[margin] We sail the
House Boat
up the
Lake &
into
Leonard's Pond.[/margin]
  From that hour until twilight set in the birds sang as
one seldom hears them sing even at this flood tide of their
love season. Nearly all the common species of this region
were represented (except the Peabody Bird) but the
Swainson's and Water Thrushes were by far the most
numerous and prominent. At least six of the latter
could be heard from one anchorage and frequently four
of these would sing in rapid succession one beginning
just as the preceding one ceased producing the effect of
a continuous Water Thrush song of four times the usual
length. This happened so many times, indeed, that I
became satisfied that it was not mere coincidence.
These Water Thrushes also treated me to [delete]gave[/delete] their flight songs a dozen
[margin]Wonderful
bird concert
at evening[/margin]
[margin]Water Thrushes[/margin]