Lake Umbagog journals, 1871-1916 (inclusive)
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Vires olivaceus. 1907. July 19²* 20²* 21³* Bethel 23³* 24³* 25¹ 29ᶦ* 30½* 31⅔* August 5¹* 6²* 7²* 9ᶦ* 10³* 11ᶦ* 12ᶦ* 15²* " " 1908 Vires olivaceus Bethel July 29 copy② Maine. The Red-eye is literally the only bird which sings here well at all hours. I heard him to sing through the entire forenoon and afternoon in two trees near the house and along the village street although the heat was intense. Soon the Goldfinch is not so persistent a singer at this season. The Robin sang quite as frequently as the Red-eye up to three or four days ago but now I have seen and the Warbler Thrush only here and the early morning and late evening. In the early morning on the 19th the very song lost on the 28th. The Chiffy Song Sparrows and the Red-bellied the darker bird singing occasionally but no cuckoo still sing occasionally but no longer steadily even during the latter hours. 1908 Vires olivaceus E. Umbarger August 12 copy③ The only bird which has continued to sing daily from the date of my arrival, from July 1 to today is the Red-eye. The present time of the Red-eye. All the others including even the Goldfinch have ceased to be heard regularly or frequently. But the Red-eye continues to hold forth, not only in the early morning but at all hours of the day. His song is now broken and feeble, the notes being crooked however, the notes being often delivered at intervals of several seconds and in feebler tones tones, which they are remarks of an hour or more in duration when he will remain totally silent. Of the other birds which still sing occasionally I have heard the Goldfinch, Redstart, 88