. From Blomidon to Smoky, and other papers [microform]. Birds; Birds; Oiseaux; Oiseaux. Ill M^. 192 FROM BLOMIDON TO SMOKY. I tested tills in an amusing way one day, by tak- ing Puffy out in my boat to a point just to wind- ward of u solitary sandpiper, and then setting him adrift on a small board. At first the sand- piper did not see him, but as the wind carried the placid owl nearer and nearer the beach, the tattler suddenly discerned him, and became stiff with astonishment. He faced the owl, his head poked forward and his body rigid, then with a wild cry he flev, rising from the water and p
. From Blomidon to Smoky, and other papers [microform]. Birds; Birds; Oiseaux; Oiseaux. Ill M^. 192 FROM BLOMIDON TO SMOKY. I tested tills in an amusing way one day, by tak- ing Puffy out in my boat to a point just to wind- ward of u solitary sandpiper, and then setting him adrift on a small board. At first the sand- piper did not see him, but as the wind carried the placid owl nearer and nearer the beach, the tattler suddenly discerned him, and became stiff with astonishment. He faced the owl, his head poked forward and his body rigid, then with a wild cry he flev, rising from the water and pass- ing over the trees, away from the lake. Whippoorwills are not easy birds to watch at night, but they usually fly toward the owl, uttering excited " clucks," and fly several times over it before going away to a distance. A mo- ther night-hawk, with young, showed great cour- age and sagacity in dealing with Puffy. I placed the owl lear her nest. She promptly flew down on the side of the owl away from her young, and fluttered in the grass as though wounded. Puffy hopped toward her. She flew a few feet, he fol- lowed, she flew a rod, he followed a third time. She flew three or four rods, and, as he hopped on, she rose and circled around him until, if he had seen her nest in the first place, he never could have remembered in which direction it lay. The hooting of a barred owl in the daytime, or my imitation of the sound, almost invariably brings birds to the spot. Crows will come a long. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Bolles, Frank, 1856-1894. Boston; New York : Houghton Mifflin
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