. The Oölogist for the student of birds, their nests and eggs . CO i=i E ® THE OOLOGIST. — o 1^ 190 THE they would blur in the negative, so leftthem quiet down some time beforetaking their photo. The mother bird seemed very un-easy while her babies were havingtheir picture taken and was constant-ly fluttering about as close as shedared come. After exposing twoplates on the young birds, I movedthem close to some large corn stalksand left them to grow up in peace. There are so many good side hillnesting sites in. this vicinity that theNighthawks dont generally come veryclose to town to
. The Oölogist for the student of birds, their nests and eggs . CO i=i E ® THE OOLOGIST. — o 1^ 190 THE they would blur in the negative, so leftthem quiet down some time beforetaking their photo. The mother bird seemed very un-easy while her babies were havingtheir picture taken and was constant-ly fluttering about as close as shedared come. After exposing twoplates on the young birds, I movedthem close to some large corn stalksand left them to grow up in peace. There are so many good side hillnesting sites in. this vicinity that theNighthawks dont generally come veryclose to town to raise their young. In recent years I have noticed quitea decrease in numbers of Nighthawksin this locality; they come and go soirregularly, never know just when toexpect them, and they disappear all ofa sudden, and it seems like they areforgotten for another year. I can remember as a boy, when thefly fishing for trout on the big lakehere was at its best, we used to stayout late in the evenings fishing, andit never seemed too dark for the troutto feed, or the Nighthawks in cam-pany
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