Lake Umbagog.
1909.
June 10 [June 10, 1909]
(No 3)
  In the woods traversed this morning I could find
no yew whatever. It has all been eaten by the deer I
suppose. In view of its apparent total absence I was
surprised to note so many Black-throated Blue Warblers.
I wonder where they can have their nests. I heard them
singing in places where there were almost no evergreens
of any kind. One had a peculiar song consisting of two
notes only both in the same key - wree - wree I wrote it
in my note book.
Black-throat
Blue Warblers
Peculiar song
  In the Stone Pasture I found a number of young
Bank's pines growing on an open sandy knoll fully
100 yards from the lake. Probably these trees were
originally confined to the lake shores because there
only could they find (on rocky ledges especially) a
chance to establish themselves & to get light & air since
it is evident they do not thrive in the depths of the
forest. But wherever man has made a clear they
seem to spring up in places remote from water
as at the old Tyler farm where they are numerous,
occurring fully a quarter of a mile from the lake.
Bank's
pines
  The wild red cherry is now in full bloom & making
a [?] show along roadsides & wood edges.
  A Loon flew over us high up early this morning.
I hear that one was seen in the lake near
B. Point yesterday. A native vandal shot at it
with his rifle & cut some feathers from its wing
or back. The law protecting Loons in Maine was
repealed last winter.
Loons