1836, 
October 23. 
bubo virminianus 
Lake Umbagog. 
Reached the Lake House in the twilight. Went down on 
Is 
the meadow and heard an Owl calling at regular intervals in a 
snarling tone almost like a cat. Saw it perched on the top of a 
stub across the river. It looked as large as a Bubo. It was 
calling at II o'clock P.M. and near daybreak the next morning. 
(I now know that it was a Bubo virginianus . 1889). 
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1889, Lake Umbagog. 
October 18. Pine Point . 
The Great Horned Owl came to the dead hemlock nearly 
over my tent some time before daylight and waked me by his hooting 
I have never heard him utter anything but the hoo , hoo-hoo . hoo . 
hoo variation. This near at hand sounds soft and mournful - al¬ 
most like the cooipg of a Dove. 
1890, Lake Umbagog. 
October 12. 
Near the Megalloway a Great Horned Owl flew across the 
river alternately flapping and scaling like a Buteo . 
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Heard two Great Horned Owls hooting near Moll's Carry as 
we were on the ma'rsh after the Ducks. One hooted in a higher key 
than the other and had an additional note, hoo , ho-ho-ho, hoo-hoo - 
hoo . hoo . They were near together and probably a pair. 
