Lake Umbagog journals, 1871-1916 (inclusive)
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Pinicola enucleator leucura. L. Umbagog, Maine. Pinnister Aug 27 1st first ♂ shot - Sept. 8 2nd first ♀ shot - 1874 / Oct. 20 2d heard Pinicola enucleator, Oct. 15, 16, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 29, 30, 31 1884. Pinicola canadensis - Oct. 23 1st heard 1886. Sept. Pinicola can. 25-27 - Oct 11 heard 1888 1889 Pinicola can. Oct. 5 (heard) 8 (heard) - 18³ - 19²⁴ - 20¹ - 21¹ - 22¹ - 23¹ - 24 ad & shot - 25 2nd heard... 26⁴ 1889. PINE GROSBEAK. L. Umbagog, Maine. (1) copy I noted the first Grosbeaks Oct. 5th. After the I5th. they were seen or heard daily. They were generally distributed over the whole country, even found in the dense forests quite as much as about the edges of openings. On Oct. 24th., I saw a flock composed of four males all in full red plumage. They are tame birds, gentle and unsuspecting, but restless, flying a great deal and alighting chiefly on the tops of small spruces. They come readily to the imitation of their whistling call. I was unable to ascertain on what they were feeding. They did not seem to frequent any particular kind of trees, and I found nothing recognizable in the stomachs of specimens that I killed. Pinicola enucleator. Maino (Lake Umbagog). 1874. Aug. 27. Shot a young bird, moulting and changing from first to full plumage. I heard him whistling in the dense woods bordering Leonard's Pond, and by imitating his note called him directly to me. 1882. Oct. 8-22. Heard October 19 and one soon October 21.