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Grindstone Neck, Winter Harbor, Me.
1901
July 24
A cool, pleasant day, sunny A.M., cloudy P.M. small
shower between 3 & 4 P.M. Mercury 73°, 8 A.M.; 66°, 3 P.M. (63° 3 P.M.
by Mrs. Taylor's Max. & Min. Therm.); 60°, 7 P.M.; 56° 8.30 P.M.; 54°, 10 P.M.
This morning I took a walk with Mrs. William
Duff who lives in a beautiful house next to ours, and
May Dexter. We went south to the point and then
followed the shore on the rocks & cliffs west &
north, finally striking through the woods to the main
road reaching home by 1 P.M. It was a lovely
walk with views of the ocean constantly before us.
We examined the ferns particularly as Mrs. Duff
is much interested in them. We saw
Osmunda claytoniana, O. [Osmunda] cinnamomea, Aspidium
spinulosum & var. intermedium, A. [Aspidium] marginale,
Asplenium filix-foemina, Polypodium vulgare.
A Hermit Thrush alighted very near us and I
watched him through my glass and saw him utter
his whining note many times.
A ♀[female] Red Crossbill I saw within about 10 feet
of me on a small Red Spruce. She was busily en-
gaged in pulling off Usnea (moss), the lichen hanging
from the branches & trunk. When she had all she
could carry in her bill she flew off over the
trees to the southeast, crying Whit—whit constantly
and followed by a ♂[male].
I saw a Guillemot flying over the water, and
after their fashion, and alighting off the point
near a ledge.
Empetrum nigrum in full fruit, and Solidago
randii in flower were abundant. I found one
full fruited plant of the dainty Chiogenes or
Snow—berry. | page [49] 24 Jul 1901 (seq. 51)49
Grindstone Neck, Winter Harbor, Me.
1901
July 24
A cool, pleasant day, sunny A.M., cloudy P.M. small
shower between 3 & 4 P.M. Mercury 73°, 8 A.M.; 66°, 3 P.M. (63° 3 P.M.
by Mrs. Taylor's Max. & Min. Therm.); 60°, 7 P.M.; 56° 8.30 P.M.; 54°, 10 P.M.
This morning I took a walk with Mrs. William
Duff who lives in a beautiful house next to ours, and
May Dexter. We went south to the point and then
followed the shore on the rocks & cliffs west &
north, finally striking through the woods to the main
road reaching home by 1 P.M. It was a lovely
walk with views of the ocean constantly before us.
We examined the ferns particularly as Mrs. Duff
is much interested in them. We saw
Osmunda claytoniana, O. [Osmunda] cinnamomea, Aspidium
spinulosum & var. intermedium, A. [Aspidium] marginale,
Asplenium filix-foemina, Polypodium vulgare.
A Hermit Thrush alighted very near us and I
watched him through my glass and saw him utter
his whining note many times.
A ♀[female] Red Crossbill I saw within about 10 feet
of me on a small Red Spruce. She was busily en-
gaged in pulling off Usnea (moss), the lichen hanging
from the branches & trunk. When she had all she
could carry in her bill she flew off over the
trees to the southeast, crying Whit—whit constantly
and followed by a ♂[male].
I saw a Guillemot flying over the water, and
after their fashion, and alighting off the point
near a ledge.
Empetrum nigrum in full fruit, and Solidago
randii in flower were abundant. I found one
full fruited plant of the dainty Chiogenes or
Snow—berry. |
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