Lake Umbagog.
1903.
June 14
(No 6)
the excessive drought which prevailed unbroken over the
entire Lake Region from the first week of April to the
12th of June. Fortunately there have been no forest fires
near the Lake save a small one, that was quickly extinguished,
on Spelman's Point.
  During the trip up and down Cambridge River this
afternoon I noted every individual bird of every kind
that came within my sight or hearing. The list is as follows: -
1. Merula migratoria 3 (1 in full song) deep forests)
2. Turdus fuscescens 6 (3 in full song)
3. Turdus swainsoni 5 in full song
4. Turdus pallasii 1 in full song (B. Meadows)
5. Anorthura hyemalis 3 in full song
6. Certhia f. americana 1
7. Compsothlypis a. usneae 4 in full song
8. Helminthophila rubricapilla 1 in full song (B. Meadows)
9. Mniotilta varia 1 in full song
10. D. Dendroica coronata 1 in full song
11. Dendroica maculosa 5 (4 in full song)
12. Dendroica pennsylvanica 1 in full song
13. Dendroica blackburniae 1 in full song
14. Geothlypis trichas 2 in full song
15. Seiurus noveboracensis 3 in full song
16. Setophaga ruticilla 5 in full song
17. Vireo olivaceus 3 in full song
18. Hirundo erythrogaster 1 (B. Meadows)
19. Loxia c. minor 16 in a flock, 15 in a flock, 4 in a flock
20. Carpodacus purpureus 1 in full song
21. Passerculus savanna 1 in full song (B. Meadows)
22. Junco hyemalis 1 in full song
23. Zonotrichia albicollis 5 in full song
24. Melospiza melodia 4 in full song
25. Melospiza georgiana 3 in full song
26. Agelaius phoeniceus female (B. Meadows)
27. Scolecophagus carolinus male (B. Meadows)
28. Cyanocitta cristata 1 heard
29. Contopus borealis 1 heard
30. Empidonax alnorum 3
31. Empidonax minimus 2 in full song (near the Forks)
32. Sphyrapicus varius 2 (near the Forks)
33. Ceophloeus piliatus Fresh looking nest hole. No birds
34. Chaetura pelagica 1 (B. Meadows)
35. Coccyzus erythropthalmus 2 B. Meadows
36. Ceryle alcyon 2
37. Botaurus lentiginosus 1 in full song (B. Meadows)
List of Birds noted up Cambridge River