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Dendroica maculosa. L.m. - Borne myallaway.
1897. Lake Umbagog.
May 11 Bethel
" 12 13 14 15/16 17 18 19 20 Near Lakeside
" 21 22 24 25 29 30 " Great Island
" 28 31 Head of Lake
June 1 2 4 c. 7 8 "
" 11 14
June 3 Nest about 1/2 made in small bobs on shore of Leonard's Pond. Field Walks
" 9 This " had two eggs this morning
" 12 nest with 1 egg in tree 15 miles above the ground, Great Island.
May 29 Several birds singing witty - witty - wreechy. It requires no great
effort of the imagination to render this pretty-pretty-Rachel.
June 1 Two birds at Leonard's Pond sang pretty-pretty-Rachel with great
distinctness and emphasis; another invariably repeated the pretty then
twice - ie pretty-pretty-pretty-Rachel. The first form is evidently
very commonly used throughout the Umbagog region. Indeed more than
half the birds that I hear give it, Next in popularity is the
very different form te - tee - tee - tee - ser or te - tee - te - ser . I have
never known a bird to change from this to the pretty-pretty-Rachel song
1903.
June 5 6 Simeon & Son 8 Partridge Hill Bethel
" 9 Norway.
" 11 Bethel to Upton
" 12 13 Lakeside & Upton
" 14 Cambridge Plain
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