Lake Umbagog journals, 1871-1916 (inclusive)
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Parus hudsonicus Lake Umbagog, Maine. 1889 Maine Oct. 11 L. Umbagog. A flock of five or six came straggling in flying to shore their scowring from the lake which a mile they had crossed when it is more than a one lake. mile wide. These tits were most numerous this autumn the last week in September and the first week of October. After Oct. 10th I saw comparatively few. I believe that the bulk sometimes migrated further south. They were found in, September in mixed flocks of warblers, nuthatches etc. and during October, associating with P. atricapillus but as a rule they were in small flocks (3 to 5 or 6 birds) composed entirely of their own species; they are less often seen in mixed woods Hardest than in larch and arbor vitae swamps and in heavy pine timber. They also haunt the edges of pastures & openings grown up to young fir and spruce.