. Wild wings; adventures of a camera-hunter among the larger wild birds of North America on sea and land . THE SHORE PATROL 217. HUDSONIAN CURLEWS COMING IN AT NIGHT TO ROOST Ring-necked Plovers, Yellow-legs, and the host of little Ox-eyes. But what impressed me most was the astonishing migra-tion of the Hudsonian Curlews, Having never seen morethan a few scattered ones at any one time, I had imaginedthat the species was everywhere scarce. But here they wereby scores of thousands. During the day they were widelyscattered over immense marshes. Learning from others ofthe best places to observe t
. Wild wings; adventures of a camera-hunter among the larger wild birds of North America on sea and land . THE SHORE PATROL 217. HUDSONIAN CURLEWS COMING IN AT NIGHT TO ROOST Ring-necked Plovers, Yellow-legs, and the host of little Ox-eyes. But what impressed me most was the astonishing migra-tion of the Hudsonian Curlews, Having never seen morethan a few scattered ones at any one time, I had imaginedthat the species was everywhere scarce. But here they wereby scores of thousands. During the day they were widelyscattered over immense marshes. Learning from others ofthe best places to observe them, I spent a night at each ofseveral little low islands — mere sand-bars — lying off thecoast. About half-past five or six oclock, when the sun was low inthe horizon or had set behind a cloud-bank, the first advanc-ing line is seen, and a string of from a dozen to fifty Hud-sonian Curlews come scaling over the beach, to alight on thebar, down at the other end. After a few minutes another flockis seen approaching. By half-past six they are arriving fast,and by seven there are two or three flocks in sight all the 2i8 W
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