253
Lake Umbagog.
Megalloway [sic] [Magalloway] River.
1897
Sept. 15
(No 5)
near. They passed directly over Purdie & Gilbert
who were waiting for us at the entrance to
the meadow.
  Great Blue Herons were more numerous than
usual along the river owing, no doubt, to
the high water which has flooded their feeding
grounds about the Lake.
[margin]Great Blue
Herons[/margin]
  Small birds were scarce. There are practically
no Crossbills & but few Canada Nuthatches or
Pine Linnets this autumn. I saw a good many 
Woodpeckers mostly D. villosus. A Solitary
Vireo was scolding in a thicket on the
river bank & early this morning I heard another
singing at Pine Point. Sparrows of all kinds
are exceptionally scarce. There are a few
Song & Swamp Sparrows along the rivers but
White-throats & Juncos are almost wholly
wanting. The bulk of true Warblers have evidently
gone south. I heard two Swainson's Thrushes
giving the pip call this evening in the
woods near the mouth of the Megalloway.
[margin]Small birds
scarce. No Crossbills,
Solitary Vireos[/margin]
[margin]Sparrows very
scarce[/margin]
[margin]Most of the
Warblers are 
gone
Swainson's 
Thrushes[/margin]
  I exposed twelve 5 x 7 plates to-day & without
a single failure. There was a rare light
for photographing scenery & not enough wind
to do serious harm.
[margin]Photography.[/margin]