Lake Umbagog.
1900
Sept. 21  
  Early morning cloudy. Most of the day clear and very warm. Heavy
thunder shower at 4 P.M. followed by a succession of showers through the
evening.
We close the
camp at
Pine Point
and go to
Peaslee Brook,
Upton, in
the house-
boat
  The steamer towed us to Lakeside on the evening of the 19th
and to Peaslee's Bend in the Cambridge River the next morning.
As we entered the mouth of the river we saw a Whistler & several
Herons. Later in the day 5 White bellied Swallows came flying
past. There were many small birds chirping & calling in the
woods near our anchorage but the rain kept us from going far
from the boat. Jim started 2 Wilson's Snipes at the mouth 
of the brook.
  Early this morning we saw an immense flock of Crows
(at least 150), a flock of 23 Ducks which I took for Sheldrakes,
a flock of 16 Pectoral Sandpipers which alighted on a mud flat
not far from the boat after wheeling & coursing over the marshes
for many minutes. There were also Kingfishers, Bluebirds, Robins,
Rusty Grackles, Herons and three or four Black Ducks flying
about.
Big flock of Crows.
Gooseanders
Pectoral S.
Small birds,
Herons, Ducks
  At 8 A.M. we started up Cambridge River in two boats.
The clouds were beginning to break as we left the Upton landing
and the sun was soon out & the woods flooded with light.
I have never seen the exquisite little river more beautiful
than it was for the next four or five hours. Then the sky
closed over again & we just escaped the first thunder shower
by hurrying to Jim's shop as it was bearing down on us from
across the Lake.
Trip up
Cambridge
River.
  We went up the river about half way to the Forks. The
water was very low, the growth of tall grass unusually
rank & fine. The banks were simply alive with small birds. I saw or heard
Small birds
abundant.
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