Lake Umbagog journals, 1871-1916 (inclusive)
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Habia ludoviciana. P= Pine Point. 1896 Lake Umbagog. August 22. A brown bird either ♀ or ♂ & fluttering about in alders near the lake house in company with wrens & sparrows. It entered the antlered cell with several times. 1897. September 6. A brown bird either ♀ or ♂ appeared in a bush directly in front of the camp at Pine Point & remained there for several minutes fluttering about among the upper branches. There was a few wretches in the grove at the time but were very near the tree in which the grosbeak was. 1898. August 30 ☾ 31 ☾ copy ⓥ September 1, 2, 3 heavy 4! heavy flight. early 5-6 sound flock wing P (been 7! (squal water nor. fog this evening this evening night) / (zig) August 30. A young male with the entire breast suffused with pale rose color disguised in the pine in front of the camp and remained there for several minutes calling chick and peep. The chick was similar in form to the ordinary chick but very different in quality being soft & throaty. This is the note that I hear on July at home when the young birds are eating our cherries. The peep is used chiefly as a flight call during northward migration. It is closely similar to the flight call of the throated finch. I do not hear either of those notes in spring. " 31. One giving the ordinary chick call at close range. Aug - Sept. Heavy nocturnal migration on nights of August 30 & Sept. 1, 3, 4, 5, 6 September 5 A heavy flight all night. Studying the flight call closely I find that it is subject to great variation. Sometimes it is throaty almost guttural - again clear and sweet (peep); at times metallic (chink). The metallic form closely resembles the chink of the Bobolink.