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Ardea herodias.
L. Umbagog, Maine.
Sept. 20. 1887, ♀ ? 14054 - Coll. M.Brewster.
Ardea herodias. - Common - May 30 - June 10, 1871.
Ardea herodias. - June June, 1872.
Ardea herodias. - Sept. 2, 11 1873.
Ardea her Aug 27 30 - Sept. 4 att. - 1874 / Sept 3 - 8 add. - 11-17 / Oct. 9 -
Ardea herodias, Oct. 14 1884.
Ardea herodias. Oct. 9 10 11 12 14 15 16 17 21 24 23 27
Ardea herodian - Oct, 13 - 14 - 18 - 19 - 25 - 1886.
1887.
Ardea her Sept. 3 4 7 10 17 20 22 24 25 26
Sept.
Ardea herodias 1. 2. 7. 9. 10. 11. 13. 14. 17. 19. 22. 23. 25. 27. Oct. 2. 7. 10
Ardea herodias Sept. 6 9 10 11 13 14 16 18 19 20 21 22 24 25 27 28
1889 Oct. 2 5 8 17
80 Ardea her. Sept. 24 27 Lake Umbagog, Maine. 1890.
Oct. 4 6 8 14 20
Lake Umbagog, Me.
Sept. & Oct. 1893.
Ardea herodias
Sept. 22 24 25 26 27 28 30
Oct. 1 2 3 4 5 10 heard flying on camp 11
" 12 13
Lake Umbagog, Maine.
Ardea herodias
1884
September 1 11 12 13 15 16 17
" 20 21 26 28 29
October 1
1895.
August 30
September 1 Dec. R. 2 Pm A. 3 ds. 4 5 6 7
" 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
" 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 on
" attacked by Sharp and Out (of joined) 23 24
" 25 26 28 29 30
more numerous this season than they have been for
the last 15 years. Seen in a dozen assorted regularly
in the woods on & around Pine Point of Umbagog Lake.
their days, then flying across to other islands
to feed. They feed more or less at all hours both
day & night. But chiefly in the morning & evening.
They cannot be hunted better than Black Ducks,
twilight. They cannot be hunted better than Black Ducks.
At twilight they will fly directly over an open boat
at twilight, they will fly directly over an open boat
in the darkness provided nothing moves.
the Journal for Sept 22 for account of an attack
on one of them here by a Sharp and Out.
Sept. 26 - To night when it was nearly
dark a Heron alighted on a mud flat
within 30 yds. of me. There was not so
much as a tuft of grass between us yet
he evidently did not notice either me
or the boat. Indeed I paddled along past
the flat without alarming him until the
paddled through the boat when he at
once flew. This experience convinces me
that a New Heron, like a Black Duck,
cannot be well at night.