. The Oölogist for the student of birds, their nests and eggs . s flight waspowerful and straightforward, hishead and neck carrying his powerfulbeak like a spear, were held out totheir uttermost. As large as a crowand with a certain short, sturdy, king-fisher-like aspect,—will convey someidea of this superb wild creature—asavage left over from a violent wild-erness lingering in the haunts of hisancestors. I was possessed with thelonging to take a photograph of theking of the woodpeckers, so just oneweek later I appeared early on tV»»scene, climbed to the top of a sturdyyoung beech where I fixe
. The Oölogist for the student of birds, their nests and eggs . s flight waspowerful and straightforward, hishead and neck carrying his powerfulbeak like a spear, were held out totheir uttermost. As large as a crowand with a certain short, sturdy, king-fisher-like aspect,—will convey someidea of this superb wild creature—asavage left over from a violent wild-erness lingering in the haunts of hisancestors. I was possessed with thelonging to take a photograph of theking of the woodpeckers, so just oneweek later I appeared early on tV»»scene, climbed to the top of a sturdyyoung beech where I fixed my camera,dropped a coil of rubber tubing to theground where I lay in vain, bulb inhand, all morning. It was the Kingsday off evidently, he never came nearand for me, the chance for anothertrial never came again. I have follow-ed the Logcock often and have long-ed for his skin for my cabinet; butmy reverence or worship of him hasbeen too great to allow me to raisemy gun. I am not ashamed to own it,and I have been a collector manyyears, THE OOLOGIST 47. Young Florida Red-shouldered Hawks one month old —Photo by Finlay Simmons 48 THE OOLOGIST When I catch a glimpse of his greatdusky, vanishing form, the dials oftime are reversed and I am in theprimeval wilderness ere Columbusdreamed the world was round; ereliberty rocked the babe of a new na-tion in her rude pioneer cradle ;erethe simple Concord Minute Men firedthe shot heard round the world; 1am in the forest primeval, savagery isafoot and the moccasin print of theredman is on the leaves. I fancy the Great Northern Wood-pecker must have held a high placein the mythology of aboriginal na-tions. He was perhaps, the big medi-cine who announced the arrival ofspring throughout the forests. WhenWa-Wa the wild goose flew north-ward, imagine the effect as masterafter master took up the gavel andrapped the great forest house to ord-er, mile after mile, on and on, north-ward and still northward as springswept from the Gulf away
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