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[[underline]] The Outlet [[/underline]]

out in the middle of the stream. Its head looked large & round & ^ [[insertion]] a warm [[/insertion]] reddish brown.  After moved around nervously on the water as we approached & then rose & flew off through the trees.  At first sight it suggested a Redhead.
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   2 girls in a boat wading under the trees along shore.
Aug. 23 - The cardinal from abundant bloom is now falling, but a humming bd. buzzed away from the neighborhood of our group.  The narrow golden green ribbons are exquisite rising from the bottom straight as [[insertion]] tulip [[/insertion]] tree trunks - threads of gold.
Mussels on the bank - eaten out - others under the water in search of longlegged prey.
The water has gone down so much that poling through the dense growth becomes necessary.  As Mrs. Norton  said it was [[underlined]] plowing [[/underlined]] through the - Vallisueria. Hunters came here - to the outlet - for duck shooting & all this rich vegetable growth must supply abundant duck food.  
In a shallow place where rocks almost fill the channel a brilliant male goldfinch lit down on a rock & probably had a drink.  2 ^ [[insertion]] black [[/insertion]] ducks & a broad-winged hawk, a bittern & 2 herons (see species notes) were about all we saw.  See [[underlined] Botaurus [[lintiginosus?]] [[/underlined]]
[[underline]] Aug 31 [[/underline]] A Thrush was bathing as we paddled by.

Transcription Notes:
Latinate names are challenge, as many have changed in last century, so context doesn't really give clue to her spelling!