. Bird studies with a camera : with introductory chapters on the outfit and methods of the bird photographer . Birds; Photography of birds. PELICAN ISLAND 201 beats, and then spread them and sailed for as main' seconds. Generallj' they headed for the ocean, there to follow the line of the beach, sometimes high in the air, at others low over the curling surf, as their progress was aided or retarded by the wind. How far they went I can not say, but at a point ten miles north of Pelican Island many have been seen still winging their way to the northward, doubtless to some point where fish were ab
. Bird studies with a camera : with introductory chapters on the outfit and methods of the bird photographer . Birds; Photography of birds. PELICAN ISLAND 201 beats, and then spread them and sailed for as main' seconds. Generallj' they headed for the ocean, there to follow the line of the beach, sometimes high in the air, at others low over the curling surf, as their progress was aided or retarded by the wind. How far they went I can not say, but at a point ten miles north of Pelican Island many have been seen still winging their way to the northward, doubtless to some point where fish were abundant. Not once during the four daj'S passed ofE Pelican Island did I see a Peli- can fishing over the sur- rounding waters. It was not because they were lacking in fish, for they contained a plentiful sup- ply of food; and I could explain the unexpected abstinence of the birds only on the supposition that the fish in the im- mediate vicinity of the nesting ground were left for the early efforts of the young birds before they were strong enough of wing to accompany their parents to distant fishing grounds. Brown Pelicans fish at a height of from twenty to thirty feet above the water, not hovering, but. 10.'), SuiiJL^ as; Kg. 1<U, setn from above, to sliow oxteiit to wliioh sides of the lo^'er bill are 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 Chapman, Frank M. (Frank Michler), 1864-1945. New York : D. Appleton
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