Archive image from page 276 of Department circular (1918). Department circular departmentcircul125mass Year: 1918 45 day. It was but another illustration of a theory of Darwin and Wallace, — the survival of the fittest. Necessity knows no law but that of self-preservation. Still, if the ethics of the case are considered, no doubt the bird had the prior right to occupy that slough. Since then I have seen the great white heron, the great blue heron, the great white egret, the bald eagle, and several species of wild fowl manifest their curiosity in a similar way. It is difficult for most birds
Archive image from page 276 of Department circular (1918). Department circular departmentcircul125mass Year: 1918 45 day. It was but another illustration of a theory of Darwin and Wallace, — the survival of the fittest. Necessity knows no law but that of self-preservation. Still, if the ethics of the case are considered, no doubt the bird had the prior right to occupy that slough. Since then I have seen the great white heron, the great blue heron, the great white egret, the bald eagle, and several species of wild fowl manifest their curiosity in a similar way. It is difficult for most birds to understand the meaning of a silent human figure lying prone and half concealed. While so reclining I have been closely approached by eagles and vultures. It is said that the fox sometimes will attract wild ducks within leaping distance by allowing its tail and back to show a little as it plays about in the long grass on the shore. A concealed hunter sometimes will attract wild fowl toward the shore by waving a red rag on the end of a stick, or by using a small dog trained to gambol in the grass. Birds come to the silent sitter. There are easier and pleasanter ways, however, of attracting the shy birds of the woods. 'Nessmuk' says that there is an art which outflanks all wild animals, — the art of sitting on a log. This sylvan necromancy consists of sitting absolutely
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