Rod and gun . been fortunate in obtaining manypictures of the handsome birds. Seethe pair that sunned themselveswithin a few feet of our concealedcamera on a Canadian Lake. Allalong the shores that bright April daymy Indian guide and I found themin,thousands on the water; and inmany scattered lines along the peb-bles and winter lodged weed drift onthe shores. In one place we foundmany of them feeding on the fishspawn in the shallows, so secretinga camera in a thick bunch of willowswe hid away on the top of the bankoverlooking the lake. Soon the curv-ing flight and silky rustling of thewings, t
Rod and gun . been fortunate in obtaining manypictures of the handsome birds. Seethe pair that sunned themselveswithin a few feet of our concealedcamera on a Canadian Lake. Allalong the shores that bright April daymy Indian guide and I found themin,thousands on the water; and inmany scattered lines along the peb-bles and winter lodged weed drift onthe shores. In one place we foundmany of them feeding on the fishspawn in the shallows, so secretinga camera in a thick bunch of willowswe hid away on the top of the bankoverlooking the lake. Soon the curv-ing flight and silky rustling of thewings, the gentle splash as they alightwith breasts held well towards thewind, told of the bluebills we watched them swim in underthe drowned land trees and pucka-brush—and while the big brownhand next to mine trembled with ex-citement and the great black eyesflashed out from the dry ferns along-side, I pressed the bulb and the swiftcurrent of air through the long rubbertube discharged the camera, and we. Wild Duck Shooting secured the picture of four drakebluebills. Later on the Indian built me ahidebeside that lonely lake, a hidethat mounted two cameras as a fortmounts guns, and from the passingflocks we took a picture of five ex-cited drakes closely persuing a mo-destly clad brown duck—she did notchoose her mate while we watchedbut each and all of them dipped underthe moment she dived or took to wingthe instant of her flight, closely fol- 340 ROD AND GUN IN CANADA lowing her every movement. Manya time she drove off her too ardentlovers, but soon she would selectone and then she and her new matewould turn on the four discardedones and drive them off. They inturn would seek the female with leastattendant lovers and the old be again repeated. Later in the year, when the gunhad a little replaced the camera, wetook toll of the passing bluebills asthey circled to our decoys, and to trythe speed of my new camera—and myown speed as well—I pictured a blue-bil
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