Lake Umbagog journals, 1871-1916 (inclusive)
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Petrochelidon lunifrons. 1907 July 26 C ar Chur G' hnr G hr-r-r c̲a̲r̲ , c̲a̲r̲, c̲a̲r̲ a rather flat action note, not often heard & given just as dim bird toads wing - evidently a cry of alarm I thought. Sometimes repeated was a distance. The young were still The c̲a̲r̲ - c̲i̲r- the both notes attempts at repent the bow Swallows now that long. I do not how they are with their the young are on wing and fed by the parents. The young brought up with air mouths, bright eye with the same, but a blue 1908 August 5 The callphone voice in front of Petrochelidon strongly correlated with low wind conditions this season. I counted nearly big hundred found to many more are flying about. Fully 90% were some Swallows. Some of them straight in a couple coming the tops of trees to for breeding, I keeping their range moving slowly Callon & leaving wings big tussle flies. On watching them closely I saw that many of them were fishing small objects (particularly moths although, of this I could not swear) from either after or under leaves of the trees. I saw two flying on the tree saplings over the Callon water. Looking at some Swallows flying very fast I saw something shining every other one the water. I do not know what this was a thousand doubt about this and I the Callon through the freedom. 26