. Bird lore . WHITE EGRET AND YOUNG Made from the blind shown in the preceding picture 26o Bird - Lore iF tection, might prove the source of an ever-increasing progeny. It is doubtful ifthese birds could be introduced, but, in any event, the preservation of the WhiteEgret alone is a sufhcient cause for thanksgiving, and bird-lovers will learn withgratification of the existence of an asylum where this beautiful creature will longbe assured of a haven of refuge. ^3«| The Egrets were nesting high in the cypress trees growing in a lake severalmiles in length. In order, therefore, to make the photo
. Bird lore . WHITE EGRET AND YOUNG Made from the blind shown in the preceding picture 26o Bird - Lore iF tection, might prove the source of an ever-increasing progeny. It is doubtful ifthese birds could be introduced, but, in any event, the preservation of the WhiteEgret alone is a sufhcient cause for thanksgiving, and bird-lovers will learn withgratification of the existence of an asylum where this beautiful creature will longbe assured of a haven of refuge. ^3«| The Egrets were nesting high in the cypress trees growing in a lake severalmiles in length. In order, therefore, to make the photographic studies so essen-tial to the taxidermist in securing life-like poses for his subjects, as well also, as, to. RINGED-BILLED AND CALIFORNIA GULLS, CRANE LAKE, SASKATCHEWAN learn something of the Egrets little-known home life, the artificial umbrella-blindemployed on many previous occasions was placed fifty feet up in a cypress tree,and draped with Spanish moss (Tillandsia). From it photographs of the birdsnesting in neighboring trees were eventually made. The surroundings here were of great beauty, and Mr. Horsfalls carefully-made studies will no doubt enable him to reproduce in his background the singularcharm of a flooded cypress forest. On June 5, accompanied by Mr. L. A. Fuertes, as artist, I left New York forMaple Creek, Saskatchewan, on the line of the Canadian Pacific railway. Thisis a region of rolling plains dotted with lakes and ponds, which, when the wateris not too alkaline, support in their shallower parts a dense growth of rushes,—■the home of Grebes, Coots, Bitterns, FrankHns Gulls, Ruddy, Red-headed A Seasons. Field Work 261 and Canvas-back Ducks. About the grassy borders o
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