. The Oölogist for the student of birds, their nests and eggs . lake. Through its centerwas a high pile of dirt marking thecourse of a State Ditch. The lake hadsuccumbed to the drainage system laidout by the state engineers and hersurface is now thrown open to home-stead entry. Mud Lake has suffereda similar fate as no doubt have manyothers not named or shown on themaps. To the writer there is a cer-tain sadness connected with this utterdestruction of the nesting sights ofthousands of our water fowl. If ithas the sense of realization, the waterfowl which has for generations backand for their o
. The Oölogist for the student of birds, their nests and eggs . lake. Through its centerwas a high pile of dirt marking thecourse of a State Ditch. The lake hadsuccumbed to the drainage system laidout by the state engineers and hersurface is now thrown open to home-stead entry. Mud Lake has suffereda similar fate as no doubt have manyothers not named or shown on themaps. To the writer there is a cer-tain sadness connected with this utterdestruction of the nesting sights ofthousands of our water fowl. If ithas the sense of realization, the waterfowl which has for generations backand for their own life period nestedhere, must feel like the youth of thewild timber lands who returns fromthe village miles distant to find hishome utterly destroyed and nothingbut ashes remaining to mark the spotwhich all his life he has known ashome. But the larger lakes and thedeeper ones will always remain; andso stands Red Lake in the heart of anIndian Reservation, still forested,still wild, still as nature has madeher, majestic, awe-inspiring, a broad THE OOLOGIST 21. We found fishing off McMehan good —Photo by L. E. Healey expanse of waterstretching out tomeet the sky, forty-five miles in itslongest reach and twenty-five mileswide, regular in outline, an inland seawithout a single island to dot its sur-face, the largest fresh water areatotally within the confines of theUnited States. It was to this, a stillremaining vistage of primeval Minne-sota, that two lovers of the wild, hear-ing the call, set out on July eighthin the year of our Lord nineteen hun-dred and seventeen to drink of theglorious air, bathe in the sparklingwaters, to be free in Gods great outof doors. We were disappointed in not beingable to make the trip during bird nest-ing season, the glorious month of Junewhen all nature puts on her lovliestgown and her feathered creatues viewith each other in their mad revel ofsong. It had been our object in thislong planned trip to study these fairyfriends and thus be able to r
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