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Lake Umbagog.
Outlet Marshes
1897.
Sept. 6
 Clear and warm with a fresh west wind in
the afternoon.
 Hearing the whistling of Yellow-legs (T. melanoleucus)
on the marsh this morning we started for them
immediately after breakfast but before we reached
the landing a volley of shots told us that someone
had got ahead of us. The firing continued as we
were crossing the Lake & upon reaching Moose Point
we found two sons of Dr. Nichols of Cambridge, who
are camping with Harry Crocker just above Pine Point.
They had started a flock of seven Yellow-legs & had
killed one of them. They told me that they had
killed a Green-winged Teal on Saturday, Sept. 4th,
or early date. (I afterwards saw the wings which
were apparently those of an adult female).
[margin]Greater
Yellow-legs[/margin]
[margin]Green-wing
Teal shot[/margin]
 We next visited the Outlet but found nothing there.
The water is so high that only the higher & more
grassy part of the marshes is exposed.
 We then paddled through Leonard's Pond where
I shot tree Solitary Sandpipers and saw the
same number of shag Whistlers. The marsh behind
the island is covered with water to a depth
of 10 or 12 meters but we could find no indication
Ducks have been finding there of late.
[margin]Leonard's P.
Solitary S.
Whistlers.[/margin]
  In the afternoon I had a glorious sail
in the 18 ft. canoe crossing to Moll's Rock,
beating up the cove to Moll's Carry & returning
past the Outlet. Saw nothing but a few
Kingfishers.
[margin]Sailing on
the Lake[/margin]