Lake Umbagog journals, 1871-1916 (inclusive)
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Crymophilus fulicarius. 1888, Head of Lake Umbagog. October 6. With ten yards of them (A. maculata) was a Red Phalarope sometimes swimming, sometimes walking on the grass. Shot the Phalarope. 1889, September 22. Leonard's Pond. As Jim came down the pond he passed within 20 yds. of two Red Phalaropes. After the Ducks had gone we went after the Phala- ropes and I shot one on the water and the other as it rose. They were just outside the grass in the open water. They occasionally turned over on their sides like Little Auks. October 5. Lake Umbagog. Bottle Brook Pond. Jim came and reported a Duck and a Phalarope in the next cove. The Duck proved a Whistler which I ambushed and shot. The Phalarope I could not find. (This bird was doubtless a Red Phalarope. W.B., Dec., 1907). 1890, Lake Umbagog. October 13. Tyler Cove. While chasing these birds about we saw a Phalarope which we followed for more than a mile. It was very restless alighting for a moment and then flitting on a hundred yards or more and pitching down again. Melvin saw two of these birds. I think they were Red Phalaropes. The one I saw uttered a single sharp, short, shrill whistle (zeep). 52