Lake Umbagog.
1900.
Sept. 8
(No 2)
  The call was answered by that of another Snipe out in
the marsh and presently both birds rose and, as I could
tell by their cries, joined one another in the air & flew
off together. A few minutes later one of them returned 
and alighted near me making the usual loud rustle of
wings as it descended, or, to be more precise, as it checked
its speed at the end of the descent.
Evening at
Moose Point
Wilson's
Snipe
  The flight of Ducks was much less to-night than
last night - only about 20 or 30 appearing. Of them three
were Hooded Mergansers and one a Wood Duck, all the
others being Black Ducks. All of the last-named came
from the eastward. It was interesting to see them
reconnoitre the ground before alighting. Most of the flocks
would fly over or around the entire marsh from two
to four times, at first at a height beyond short gun
range, then lower, finally only 15 or 20 feet above the
grass. It is this habit of theirs which gives us our
shots at Moose Point for if they were wise enough
to come over the marsh at a safe height and then
descend into the middle portions they would be in
little or no danger. Some of the flocks and many of
the single birds have apparently learned this and of
those which encircle the marsh the majority now avoid
the high banks along the shores of the Lake where
we secrete ourselves. As they course back & forth over
the wide expanse they alternately appear in strong
relief against the afterglow in the western sky and disappear
for a moment against some dark cloud or the
black mountain masses beyond the Megalloway River valley.
After satisfying themselves that no danger lurks in the
marsh they descend on set wings making a rushing sound
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