278
Lake Umbagog.
Cambridge River.
1896 [sic] [1897]
Sept. 26
(No 5)
  While looking for the poplars Purdie flushed a large
Woodcock. This ridge has long been known to be a roost
of these birds in the early autumn and I should not 
be surprised to learn that a pair or two lived there
every year although the only opening near at hand is
that afforded by B. Meadows.
[margin]Woodcock
seen at
the Forks.[/margin]
 We came down river in the late afternoon stopping
occasionally to take a photograph. I might have
exposed twice as many photos as I had to good
advantage for the conditions were simply perfect the
wind having almost totally died away while the
light remained pure & strong.
[margin]Photography[/margin]
  During the day we saw or heard a great many
Chickadees & Golden-crested Kinglets, one Ruby-crowned
Kinglet, two Hermit Thrushes, two Pileated Woodpeckers,
a Gos-hawk, a Flicker or two, a flock of over 
thirty Cedar-birds, a few Sparrows & several 
unidentified Warblers besides a good many Blue Jays, 
four or five Kingfishers, three or four Solitary Sandpipers,
and about three Great Blue herons.
[margin]Small birds
Pileated W.
Gos hawk
Cedar birds
Kingfisher
Solitary S.
Herons[/margin]
  The Cedar-birds were flying about the lower "logan"
alighting in dead tree tops. I fancy the lateness of
their stay is due to [the] heavy crop of Viburnum berries still
remaining on the bushes. 
[margin]Cedar birds[/margin]
  The Gos-hawk was seen flying across the river over
the trees. It was a young bird of large size.
[margin]Goshawk[/margin]
  I was surprised to see a Kingbird at sunset, perched on
the half dead elm near the Lake House.
[margin]Kingbird[/margin]