. The sport of bird-study; a book for young or active people . ather spent most of his timewatching the dragon flies darting about over the water,now and then giving chase to one. They were nearlya match for him in flight. Sometimes he would failand go back to his perch, but often enough he capturedhis prey. As he approached home with his prize, healways chattered a sort of triumphal march to announcehis coming. If his mate was not on the nest, shehurried to it, both arriving at about the same young begged hard for food and their father wouldbegin to feed them. But mother yearned to a
. The sport of bird-study; a book for young or active people . ather spent most of his timewatching the dragon flies darting about over the water,now and then giving chase to one. They were nearlya match for him in flight. Sometimes he would failand go back to his perch, but often enough he capturedhis prey. As he approached home with his prize, healways chattered a sort of triumphal march to announcehis coming. If his mate was not on the nest, shehurried to it, both arriving at about the same young begged hard for food and their father wouldbegin to feed them. But mother yearned to assist, soshe would often lay hold of the dragon fly and pullaway till she had torn off a piece, which she would thenfeed to the young. Meanwhile the camera was inplace and all ready, so at the favorable instant at differ-ent stages of the process I pulled the thread and thussecured a fine series of pictures. Of course Ned had to come in for his share of thefun. One day I sat down in the shade and watchedhim while he took my camera, set it up by the nest, 126. Kingbird scolding. Indignant when any one conies near the nest (p. 127).
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