Nest of Botaurus lentiginosus
MAINE, (L. Umbagog. [Umbagog Lake, Maine])
[Nest of] Colaptes auratus
1876.
(June 3 [June 3, 1876])  and probably half of this [these] were new. The
bird evidently breeds in the same tree
year after year but why it should make 
more than one hole in a season I
cannot imagine. The nest is very
easily found as the birds seem to
delight in flying out and in and
have a habit of clinging just below
it for many minutes at a time
looking in. In this last case I
noticed that the bird had to struggle
violently to get out. [delete]Saw to da[/delete] Coming
down still further we landed on the 
further floating island in front of Stone's
and beating about through the low
blueberry bushes I soon started a [female] bittern
(B. len. [Botaurus lentiginosus]) off her nest. She did not rise
until I was within four feet of her.
The nest was small & flat and composed
entirely of dead twigs & was placed on
the dry ground among the thickest bushes.
The eggs were 5 two with scarcely
formed embryos the remainder fresh.
The bird croaked as she rose and voided
her excrement entirely over one of the
eggs. She flew directly off out of sight
& did not return. Near the house
my guide cut down a short birch stub
containing a Colaptes nest. We found only
two eggs in the cavity & one of these broken.
Depth of hole in. Saw during the
day a number of small birds but
nothing uncommon. Heard a [male] Dolichonyx
singing at Stone's & a number of Hydemeles
at different points. D. castanea [Dendroica castanea] & D. Black [Dendroica blackburniae]
common everywhere. Heard one B.Penns. [Buteo pennsylvanicus]