Cambridge, Mass
1902.
Nov 30
(No 3)
of this bird was almost as satisfying as if
I had had it in my hand. It did not once  
dive while I had it under observation but whenever
not engaged in pluming itself it rarely allowed a full
minute to pass without indulging in a relaxation
practised by nearly all water-fowl viz. that of erecting
its neck and body and raising itself nearly out
of the water for an instant by rapidly vibrating
its wings.
Brunnich's Murre in Fresh Pond.
  Later this afternoon Walter revisited the Pond
and found the Murre swimming in the very middle
of a bunch of Black Ducks. As he was watching
it it either swam or drifted against one of the
Ducks when the latter dashed suddenly away from
it as if alarmed or irritated by its intrusiveness.
(On the morning of December 1st Walter and I
examined the entire Pond carefully with our
glasses without discovering any trace of the Murre.
Probably it had departed during the preceding night).
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