Lake Umbagog journals, 1871-1916 (inclusive)
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Haliaetus leucocephalus. L. Umbagog 1885. Oct. 9. Two or three seen daily about the lake shores, about 50 per cent adult birds. They have their favorite trees, usually tall dead pines, on which they perch listlessly for hours at a time. The only cry that I have ever heard this Eagle utter is a sort of choking or stuttering laugh of two or three notes the whole given quickly but with apparently great effort and on a descending scale in words or syllables it would be he-he-he- he - he - he-ah. It is only uttered when this bird is pursued and seems to be a cry of alarm. 72 Lake Umbagog, Maine. Haliaetus leucocephalus. 1894 August 30 'jun 31 2 jun (2nd outing) September 1' jun 2 do. 3 do 4 do 9 1 adult 10 3 jun 11' jun 13 1 ad 15-1ad. 19 1 jun 21' jun 22 (2nd) 25-1ad 26 1ad 28 2 jun. October 1/ ad 2/ad note of young Pee - pee-e, hee-c-e, shrill, querulous with a rising inflection, a squealing note suggesting hunger or importunity. I hear it at all hours but often most at sunset. I have seen the bird make it. Never heard it before this year. Lake Umbagog, Maine. Haliaetus leucocephalus 1895. August 30 3 jun, 31 (2 ad) (Bonanza, all in sight) (2 in) at once on B. Point September 3 (2 in) 5-2 jun 9 (ad) Leonard's Pond 12' jun " /5-1 jun 19 1ad 22-1 23' jun 24' ad 25-2 jun Lake Umbagog. Haliaetus leucocephalus. 1896. L. Leonard Pond. May 14 'brown 15' do. " 22 2 jun 25 1 jun Rapids R. 27 brown " 28 brown 29 do. 30 do. June 1 2 brown 3 1 from adult Leonard's 4 ad 16 brown Pond 4-4 jun " 12 (brown) WB. written on letter from L Froze at 6 cl: 31. 1894 " very white Eagle - I have seen afterwards sent me - I have seen similar birds at L. Umbagog and shot one even whiter one than in 1879, but killed the whole top of its head off with a rifle ball " W.B.