Megalloway River
1900.
Sept. 6
  Cloudy most of the day with three short but brisk
showers one in the early morning, the other two late in
the afternoon.
Return down
Megalloway to
Pine Point.
  We left Flint's at 7.30 A.M. and drove to the
upper landing where we launched the canoes and started
down stream. As there was a strong head wind and
as we landed frequently to take photographs we made
rather slow progress spending the whole day on the
river and not reaching camp until twilight was
beginning to fall.
  It was an interesting day with fine cloud effects
especially at sunset. There were many birds, too. Of the
smaller kinds I saw or heard Brown Creepers, Chickadees,
Nashville, Yellow-rumped and Black-throated Green Warblers,
a Canada Flycatcher in full song (he sang at short, regular,
intervals as long as we were within hearing), Cedar birds,
Blue Jays, Flickers (2), a few Robins, several Song Sparrows
etc.
Canada Warbler
in full song
  Of the large birds we saw a Cooper's Hawk, 2 Sharp-shinned
Hawks, 2 Marsh Hawks, a Pigeon Hawk, an Osprey,
several Eagles, five or six Great Blue Herons, a Wood Duck,
two Hooded Mergansers, seven or eight Whistlers and
a number of Crows.
Hawks,
Eagles,
Herons,
Ducks.
  The Pigeon Hawk appeared as we were eating lunch
on a beautiful reach of river at the base of Diamond Peaks
and for several minutes soared in circled high overhead
moving with infinite ease & grace.
Pigeon Hawk
  As we emerged from Moll's Carry we heard Greater
Yellow legs whistling & on reaching the Outlet saw a
flock of 14 of these birds flying low over the marshes. A
Beetle-head Plover was also calling in the distance.
Beetle-head 
Plover
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