Lake Umbagog journals, 1871-1916 (inclusive)
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Junco hyemalis. 1884, Lake Umbagog. October 14. copy 5 While we were eating lunch (on Cambridge River) a female Junco (evidently a young bird as it was very rusty on the wings and pink on the sides) attracted apparently by our fire came hop- ping about literally within arm's length. I have rarely seen any wild bird so fearless and confiding. It often approached within five or six feet and when I flung a stick at it merely dodged without flying. It was pecking busily among the moss and fallen leaves, its bright little eyes glistening like black beads. 1890, Lake Umbagog. September 26. Albino Junco. On the way (Ferrin's to Lakeside) saw a Junco which had the cheeks white and a few white feathers elsewhere in the plumage. 42