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Lake Uin b a f < o , t j a i n e . 



Oct 18 



breaking. Started 

 Kmn fisher there, 

 ably P . p o d i s c i i s . 

 v/ay. On the upi)er 

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eight Sheldrake at the peaslee turn. Shot a 

 At the river's mouth saw a divinf? bird, prob 

 RoY/ed to the MarroY.'s, seeing nothing by the 

 Tiake vrere several Loons calling incessantly 

 tv.'o lUack Duicks, bui. failed. ?Jany Cross- 

 bills flying about. Sheldrake sfilashmg and thrashing about the 

 rocky shores. Returning passed aroung Great Island. Only throe 

 Black Tucks m the Sv/oat (Jove. Above B Point spied tvo Old 

 Squav/s. Paddled v/ithin fair range and made a successful double 

 as they rose. /At four o'clcok m the afternoon carried the 

 boat above the darn and paddled up Cambridge river about tv/o 

 miles. At sunset it v/as doat'yiy still , surpassingly beauti- 

 ful, hluskrats cut ting silvery lines across the shadows ( sav/ 

 at loa;.;t thirtyl; Thrushes and SparroA'/s scratching ana rust- 

 J mg in the leaves; an occas J onal Picus o r hylcaonus tapping or 

 calling; that v/as all. In one place heard a startling rn ling 

 and thrashing m the leaves and bushes. Intense restrained ex- 

 citement and expectation for a moment. Th^^n a diminutive v/coc- 

 inouse' Wesperomys) appeared on the bank regarding us eui-iousl;,'.. ■■ { 

 Pispust and irrestrainable laughter on our part , of course. Gbro - i 



ing back after dark heard a note nev/ to me--- tv/o short 'vhist- 

 ies. It vms probably an Owl. (iU 3 >%-~d (Jo^^ ar-^rtx^- ^ ^^^^ - i^^U^^kr.Q.i'ioT) ^ 



Sunday. Cloudy and calm all day: warm. In the morning 

 took a walk along the Stone path. Small birds numerous. On 

 the knoll Just beyond the brook I came on a !>air ..j' huffed 

 Orouse m the path, the male with tail exposed and raised , ruff b-; 



incessantly, crest erect , feathers. ■ . 



tv/itchmg nervo:;sly and 

 about checks and throat j)uffed out'. 

 for several m.muv, es. 



He stood perfectly still 



Clear, calm, v/arm. Starteci d07/n river at nine o' clcok 

 in the forenoon. hanaod at the first bend to sho>,t a Trm j ja 

 maculata , when a Snipe started. Fa)llovi'ing it 1 found the 

 meadov/s covered with chalk murks anci beating them thoroughly 

 flushed nine birds, killing eight and wounding the ninth, Imt 

 securing only seven. Continuing on up t,ho hake I got only 

 one shot on Bear Island at seven Sh.el drake v/hich I , stalked to 

 v/ithin about sixty yards, firing both barrels, b.it fa i le d to 

 kill any of them.. Sav/ four greater Scaups v'hich v/ere as shy 

 as hlack Pucks. Also a fevr Horned Crebes and Toons- David 

 "ayvrard shot a younpJ/cU/^Z^ Scoter in the basin at the Lake House 

 landing. 



ao Cloudy and v/indy. Spent 



no observations whatever. 



the day about the >iouso and made 



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