264
Lake Umbagog.
Curtis Meadow.
1897
Sept. 21
(No 5)
middle of the pond at a height of perhaps 400 ft.
and some two hundred yards from my post of 
observation.
[margin]Golden
Eagle[/margin]
  Everything that I have seen to-day confirms my
previous impression that the Golden Eagle is in every
way a more spirited, energetic and dashing bird than
the Bald-headed Eagle. It [delete]flight[/delete] evidently spends much
more of its time on the wing, hunts more over woods
and mountain tops and covers more ground. Its
flight is firmer, swifter and more buoyant and
graceful, the wings are held flatter & do not bend
up at the tip or "lap" at the elbow. I also
think that it habitually soars more and at
higher elevations above the earth.
  During the remainder of our stay in this cove
we heard only a few common birds such as
Chickadees, Kinglets & Blue Jays. A Rusty Blackbird
arrived & interested us for some time as it
explored the recesses among the prongs of an
upturned root pulling masses of water plants out
on their roots & picking them to pieces in search
of food of which it seemed to secure a good
deal.
[margin]Small
birds.[/margin]
  The row homeward at evening was delightful
for the wind had almost wholly died away and
the mountains stood out unusually clearly against
the amber sky (the White Mts. were powdered with
snow). A solitary Barn Swallow was flying
over the marshes near Moll's Carry.
[margin]Barn
Swallow[/margin]