. Among the water-fowl, observation, adventure, photography [microform] : a popular narrative account of the water-fowl as found in the northern and middle states and lower Canada, east of the Rocky Mountains. Water birds; Water birds; Water birds; Photography of birds; Oiseaux aquatiques; Oiseaux aquatiques; Oiseaux aquatiques; Oiseaux. The White-Winoed Fleet Nearly all the nests had three eggs, but occasionally there were but two. ' The island was very small, hardly more than an acre in extent, so that it was not hard to estimate the population. We counted just about an even hundred nests wi
. Among the water-fowl, observation, adventure, photography [microform] : a popular narrative account of the water-fowl as found in the northern and middle states and lower Canada, east of the Rocky Mountains. Water birds; Water birds; Water birds; Photography of birds; Oiseaux aquatiques; Oiseaux aquatiques; Oiseaux aquatiques; Oiseaux. The White-Winoed Fleet Nearly all the nests had three eggs, but occasionally there were but two. ' The island was very small, hardly more than an acre in extent, so that it was not hard to estimate the population. We counted just about an even hundred nests with eggs, besides a number more that were empty. Some had probably been robbed, and I think it safe to say that there were three hun^ dred birds belonging on this island. There was about one pair of Herring Gulls for ten of Ring-bills. The eggs of all had evidently been laid the mid- dle of May and there were no young yet hatched. Meanwhile we had also investigated the homes of the Cormorants, and a most interesting sight it was. The nests were good-sized platforms, built very ingeniously of crooked sticks that were so in- terwoven that the nests were often substantial enough to be lifted up without falling apart. In fact, we once found a nest on the shore of the mainland that had either been carried or drifted there, and yet There were seventy - three nests in about equal areas, one down by the other well up on the higher part of but not far away. In each area the 149. THE NESTS WERE GOOD-SIZED PLATFORMS. BUILT VERY INGENIOUSLY OF CROOKED STICKS ' NESTS OF DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT3. THE NEAR- EST HAS IN IT TWO NAKED BLACK YOUNG THAT HARDLY SHOW IN THE PICTURE was intact, all, in two shore, the the j' 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 Job, Herbert Keightley, 1864-1933. Toronto : Musson Bo
Size: 1944px × 1285px
Photo credit: © The Book Worm / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900, booksubjectwaterbi, bookyear1902
