Lake Umbagog.
1909.
June 22 [June 22, 1909]
  Clear & warm with fresh west wind.
  About 7 A.M., before of the wind had risen, a fine
Loon in fully adult plumage surprised us by appearing in
our little cove which is now almost everywhere grass grown
owing to the recent fall of water. When I first saw the bird
it was swimming through the grass about [?]0 yards away 
having evidently come in through the channel behind the island.
It did not seem to notice the houseboat at first although
several of us were standing about the deck talking. After 
making one short dive it finally retreated through the channel.
We saw it afterwards well out on the flooded meadows.
The water in our cove is now less than 2 ft deep.
Loon
  As Chapman & I were paddling past the Lake House 
landing about 8 A.M. A Ring-necked Plover alighted &
ran about for a few minutes on a sandy beach at the edge 
of the water & only a few yards square. The bird was in 
adult plumage but not highly colored specimen. What could 
it be doing here at this season.
Ringneck
Plover