. [Articles about birds from National geographic magazine]. Birds. WEEK-ENDS WITH THE PRAIRIE FALCON 619. AMONG FALCONS THE FEMALE IS BULKIER THAN THE MALE Loud screams from the base of the cliff instead of from the nest greeted the author one morn- ing when the youngsters were about 37 days old. All had left the home ledge at the blind and the most enterprising one departed up the canyon when approached, leaving his nest mates for a few final poses. and chilly and were trying to huddle under the scales—a poor source of warmth and comfort. Longing for a series of pictures of the young and pare
. [Articles about birds from National geographic magazine]. Birds. WEEK-ENDS WITH THE PRAIRIE FALCON 619. AMONG FALCONS THE FEMALE IS BULKIER THAN THE MALE Loud screams from the base of the cliff instead of from the nest greeted the author one morn- ing when the youngsters were about 37 days old. All had left the home ledge at the blind and the most enterprising one departed up the canyon when approached, leaving his nest mates for a few final poses. and chilly and were trying to huddle under the scales—a poor source of warmth and comfort. Longing for a series of pictures of the young and parents together, but lacking a telephoto lens, I recalled the inventive Private Jones (familiar to the lovers of Bruce Bairnsfather's wartime drawings), who constructed "Little Plugstreet, The Sniper's Friend," a camouflaged sheet-iron tree trunk. Within it the inventor passed a hair-raising morning, overtaken by day- light and under heavy fire while bogged down in a Belgian turnip field. Our "Little Plugstreet" was a chunk of concrete cast around two boxes set side by side—one large enough to contain a nine- by-twelve-centimeter still camera with a very fine but short-focus lens, and the other a small moving-picture machine. With much tugging and puffing, we lugged this heavy contraption to the top of the cliff and swung it down to the ledge on the quiet morning of ]\Iay 6, while both parents circled and screamed. Arrival of this large freight shipment on the ledge had the young well bluffed. When I came to interview them they were all backed up against the wall in a "sell your lives dearly, boys," pose, and they opened their mouths in unison every time I made a sudden 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 Washington, D. C. : National Geographic Society
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