Lake Umbagog journals, 1871-1916 (inclusive)
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Dendroica tigrina. L. Umbagog, Maine. Dendroeca tigrina. - very common May 30-June 10, 1871. Shot 6-8 5-8 2- Dendroeca tigrina. - June 2, 3, 5, 6, 9 . Abundant June, 1872. Numerous! Brood? Bad / pur ? pur for chut, 18num Dendroica tigrina. - June 13-24, July 26; Aug. 6, 11, 26, 28 ; Sept. 10 1873. D. tigrina July 25 1875 Aug. 6 & 7 ad 5. 10 adult - 13 and 21 young June 21 '76 1876 1874 May 25-26 June 6 '73 V 1880 1881 Shot 18's May 20 '73 / May 17 Lake Umbagog, Me. Dendroeca tigrina 1871 May 30-June 10. Very common everywhere but especially among tall pines. Song somewhat like that of D. castanea & habits similar. It is rather more active however keeping always near the tops of the tallest trees, occasionally leaving out from thence in pursuit of insects. They had a habit of sitting perfectly motionless on the topmost spicules of some tall spruce or balsam for ten or fifteen minutes at a time; hanging at regular intervals. At such times they are very hard to see and when shot are almost gone to lodge on the spreading branches beneath. The females like the males always kept high up. We took several which were about to lay and one shot June 9 had laid all but her last egg. 1872. June 2. Numbers seen in Grafton Notch & thence to the lake. " 3- Looked for among thickly-growing young pines where they were feeding at the ends of the branches often only a few feet above the ground. It was raining at the time. " 6 Looked two or 4 or 5-7 in the same place as yesterday - raining.