Lake Umbagog.
1909.
June 12 [June 12, 1909]
(No 2)
  I added a new bird to the Umbagog list this forenoon
- a Field Sparrow which I heard sing a dozen times or more
about 100 yards north-east of the Lake House in a hilly
pasture (formerly belonging to the Abbott farm) growing up
to young spruces. The bird was perched in one of them &
within twenty yards of me but I failed to see him until
he took wing and flew off over some tall spruces on the
crest of the hill in the direction of the lake. His song
was loud, ringing and in every way normal.
Field
Sparrow
added to
Umbagog
list.
  Jim Mc. Leod tells me that Bald Eagles are very
scarce this year. Thus far I have seen but two (or
perhaps the same bird twice). I fear the motor boats
with which the lake is now infested are driving
off these interesting & picturesque birds as they
certainly are the Loons and also, I am told, the
Black Ducks of which I have seen none at all.