. Wild wings; adventures of a camera-hunter among the larger wild birds of North America on sea and land . THE EGRET 139 glided into a minor rookery which was only halfway to thesanctum sanctorum of the saintly-appearing bird in and Great Blue Herons were here nesting in peacefulneighborliness. The great ragged platforms of sticks thatformed the homes of each species were scattered indiscrimi-nately upon adjoining trees over a couple of acres of were high up on the outspreading boughs, and the. EGRETS AND LITTLE BLUE HERONS great birds, broad of wing, flapped noisily th
. Wild wings; adventures of a camera-hunter among the larger wild birds of North America on sea and land . THE EGRET 139 glided into a minor rookery which was only halfway to thesanctum sanctorum of the saintly-appearing bird in and Great Blue Herons were here nesting in peacefulneighborliness. The great ragged platforms of sticks thatformed the homes of each species were scattered indiscrimi-nately upon adjoining trees over a couple of acres of were high up on the outspreading boughs, and the. EGRETS AND LITTLE BLUE HERONS great birds, broad of wing, flapped noisily therefrom at ourapproach and went squawking away. It was the twentiethof May, and both kinds had well-feathered voung, whichwere visible as the)^ stood up in the nests or climbed out onthe neighboring branches. As we remained quiet to watch,the old birds began to pass silently overhead, and even toalight on the nests. The shower passed with a mere sprinkleand I had a brief season of sunshine for photography, butunder great difficulties, in the thickness and shadow of the 140 WILD WINGS
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