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June 4
Lake Umbagog.
Megalloway River
  A sunny and very warm day, dead calm during
most of the forenoon, with a light S.E. wind in
the afternoon.
  Starting at 7 A.M. we rowed up the Megalloway
to Bottle Brook Pond stopping but once by the 
way - at Pulpit Rock where we landed to take a
photograph & get some water at the spring.
  It was an exquisitely soft and beautiful morning
and the birds were singing with unusual freedom at
least for this gloomy season. Taking out my pencil
and note book on starting I kept tally of everything 
seen or heard during the trip between (and including)
Leonard's and Bottle Brook Ponds. Here is the list 
with the species given in the order of their numerical
occurrence: Seiurus noveboracensis 17, Dendroica maculosa 12,
Setophaga ruticilla 9, Compsothlypis americana usneae 7,
Sylvania canadensis 6, Zonotrichia albicollis 6, Dendroica
coronata 4, Carpodacus purpureus 4, Melospiza fasciata 4,
Myiarchus crinitus 4, Cyanocitta cristata 4, Turdus swainsoni
3, T[urdus] fuscescens 3, Dendroica blackburniae 3, Vireo olivaceus
3, Contopus borealis 3, Empidonax flaviventris 3, Perisoreus
canadensis 3, Buteo latissimus 3, Dendroica striata 3
D[endroica] caerulescens 2, Helminthophila ruficapilla 2, Parus
atricapillus 2, Regulus satrapa 2, Troglodytes hiemalis 2,
Sylvania pusilla 2, Tyrannus carolinensis 2, Picoides 
americanus 2, (at nest), P[icoides] arcticus 1, Sitta carolinensis 1,
Certhia americana 1, Dendroica virens 1  Geothlypis trichas
1, Vireo solitarius 1, Junco hyemalis 1, Sphyrapicus varius
one, Dryobotes pubescens 1, D[ryobates] villosus 1, Corvus americanus
1, Clangula americana 1, Anas obscura 1, Bonasa togata 1
[margin]Full list
of birds
noted 
during
the day.[/margin]