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Upper Megalloway River, Maine.
1898
September 21                                                                                                                  
(No 2)                              
  The most interesting birds seem to-day were a
pair of Golden Eagles soaring in company high among
the clouds (Jim thought at least three miles above the
earth) over the the river a little below Upper Metalluc Pond,
a Sharp-shinned Hawk near the Meadow Camp, and
several Flickers just below this camp. Blue Jays
were really numerous and there were more Kingfishers
than we have seen above. Melvin started three
Black Ducks & I saw a Hooded Merganser just
above the falls. Of course there were troops of
Chickadees, Kinglets, & Yellow rump Warblers every
now and then & once I heard Goldfinches. But
taken as a whole this stretch of river had scarcely
more bird life than the above the Meadow Camp.
[margin]Golden Eagles
Birds seen between Upper
Metalluc Pond
& Flints.[/margin]
[margin]Kingfishers
Black Ducks
Hooded Mer.[/margin]
[margin]Small birds[/margin]
  I was greatly interested to see within half-a-mile
or less from this camp a large Wood Tortoise sunning
himself on the bank of the river. We passed within
six or eight feet of him without disturbing him.
A year or two ago I saw what I took to be one
of the Tortoises on the Lower Megalloway near
Pulpit Rock & "Turtles" of some kind were said to
be numerous in the Swift Cambridge just above the
Forks but no Tortoise of any description is known
to have occured [sic] in Lake Umbagog into which both
these streams empty although Umbagog with
its muddy bottom and warm, shallow water
seem to be admirably adapted to them.
[margin]Wood Tortoise[/margin]
  At Flints this evening we were called out to
hear a "Deer blowing". The sound proved to be
the bark of a Fox which was in the field
very near the house.
[margin]Fox barking.[/margin]