Lake Umbagog journals, 1871-1916 (inclusive)
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Actitis macularia. Lake Umbagog, 1896. Actitis macularius P = Pin Point May 13 2 / 4 5 pairs, 16-16} near “ 19^2 nest begun } Ballside ,, 23^-P 24^P 25- (cavern northern) 27^16 ,, 28 ^2 29② P. June 1 ^3 2^± 3^± 4^3 5^± 6^± „ 9^2 16^3 12^2 May 14 Bird flushed from bank on, outside, 50 yds. from Bank. Hollow scratched in bank lined with 3 or 4 blades of dry grass: 6.30 P.M. “ 15. Nest at Sargents completed ^ containing 1 egg at 6 P.M. „ 20. Nest at Sargeants had 3 eggs. Eggs catkin. „ 21. Fourth egg found in empty nest from which bird fled. Lake Umbagog, Maine. 1896. Actitis macularia May 14. At 6.30 P.M. flushed a bird from a sloping bank covered with grass & fern by roadside 30 yds. from Sargents house & 50 yds. fr. Lake shore. In bank 4 ft above road found hollows freshly dug & lined with 4 or 5 blades of dry grass. May 15 - 6 P.M. visited nest at Sargeants. No bird. Hollow filled with a completed nest - One egg about 2/3 covered with the dry grass which confused nest.