Lake Umbagog.
1900.
Sept.16
  Cloudy with light easterly wind & intervals of dead calm. Several
brisk showers at nightfall.
  In the woods near the end of the Point I identified this morning
1 Turdus aliciae, 4 Parus atricapillus, 2 Regulus satrapa, 2 Troglodytes hiemalis,
1 Seirus novaboracensis, 1 Geothlypis trichas, 12 in a flock, Ampelis cedorum, 1
Corvus americanus.
Small birds
on Pine Point
  Off the mouth of our boat cove and close to the rocky shore
of the Point a Pied-billed Greebe was floating idly on the
water at about 9 A.M. I paddled out to within about 30 yards
of it when it flew, rising with some difficulty & going directly
out into the Lake for about 200 yards when it alighted again.
It was a young bird with dark stripes on the cheeks and neck.
It is unusual to find this Greebe in deep water off a rocky shore
& greatly unusual for it to take wing when approached.
Pied-billed
Greebe
  Late in the afternoon the Stones & I in two canoes paddled to
Whale's Back Cove where we found 2 Black Ducks and 2 Great Blue
Herons and heard a Pileated Woodpecker.
Black Ducks,
Heron, &
Pileated Wood'p. 
  As we were approaching Moose Point a flock of 14 Gooseanders
came in from the Lake & alighted close to the shore. We sat
motionless in the canoes for some time watching them. After swimming
about awhile in the shallow water they landed and stood in 
a long row in in the mud facing us. Their position while thus
engaged was nearly erect or rather more erect than
the true Anas stands but when they walked about as
they did freely and not ungracefully for such heavy birds
they carried their bodies nearly horizontal. When we paddled
in towards them they flew directly from the mud rising
as easily as from the water. About a week ago I saw four
& yesterday two young Gooseanders that were still in the "flapper"
stage and unable to fly.
Gooseanders
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