. Birds of the loch and mountain [microform]. Bird watching; Birds; Oiseaux; Oiseaux. BIRDS OF LOCH AXD MOINTAIX 95 June, when tliev luive younji. tlie noise which the birds make on the approach of danger is simply deafening. The Redshanks feed principally durmg the night, and mav be heard calling as they ])ass swiftly over- head. When standing on a wall or fence they have. HOME OF THE riFOSHANK. a very Sandpiper-like way of jerking their tail up and down, and it is probably due to this that they are called locally the " Ked-legged ; Their range is not so high as that of th
. Birds of the loch and mountain [microform]. Bird watching; Birds; Oiseaux; Oiseaux. BIRDS OF LOCH AXD MOINTAIX 95 June, when tliev luive younji. tlie noise which the birds make on the approach of danger is simply deafening. The Redshanks feed principally durmg the night, and mav be heard calling as they ])ass swiftly over- head. When standing on a wall or fence they have. HOME OF THE riFOSHANK. a very Sandpiper-like way of jerking their tail up and down, and it is probably due to this that they are called locally the " Ked-legged ; Their range is not so high as that of the Sand- piper, and I have not met with them nesting much high 'r than 1,500 feet above the sea. Like most of the waders, which feed during the night and yet seem (piite lively during the day, it is difiicult to see when the Redshanks obtain ! I msss.^Kf'^f^.mm. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Gordon, Seton, 1886-1977. London ; Toronto : Cassell
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