Lake Umbagog journals, 1871-1916 (inclusive)
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Perisoreus canadensis. Maine (Lake Umbagog). 1900. June 7. A brood of young accompanied by both parents in a lonely cove. The young look as black as Grackles. The family kept well-together swining from tree to tree in their usual manner, following the shore and keeping perfect silence. " 19. An adult bird following the lake shore. Its flight was of alternate sailing and flapping: once it rose above the woods and actually sailed in circles like a Hawk. It was every where followed and mobbed by the smaller birds. 1902. Oct. 8-22 Not common; usually found in larch or arbor-vitae swamps, but at this season they occasionally visit the clearings where they venture out a little way beyond in pursuit of grasshoppers of which they are very fond. The crops of those killed usually contained berries of Perisoreus canadensis. Maine (Lake Umbagog). 1902. (Oct. 8-22) Viburnum opulus. The usual cry is a Hawk-like scream.