. [Articles about birds from National geographic magazine]. Birds. -N. ••'r- - ..^.^^ '-\ .V--'^^fV-''"^<'''^' t^^ »^ ' ^V" J^i? WILD TURKEY GOBBLERS STRUTTED UNCONCERNEDLY BEFORE THE MICROPHONE With corn and peanuts the birds were baited to this clearing in the forest on the Colonel Thomp- son estate at Thomasville, Georgia, by Herbert Stoddard and Albert Stringer. The sound truck and cameras were concealed in blinds built two weeks 'r^^%4»* t "•^z ^ LESSER PRAIRIE CHICKENS CROUCH FOR ATTACK WITH WARLIKE GOBBLES In spring the males repair to flat-topped knolls in gr
. [Articles about birds from National geographic magazine]. Birds. -N. ••'r- - ..^.^^ '-\ .V--'^^fV-''"^<'''^' t^^ »^ ' ^V" J^i? WILD TURKEY GOBBLERS STRUTTED UNCONCERNEDLY BEFORE THE MICROPHONE With corn and peanuts the birds were baited to this clearing in the forest on the Colonel Thomp- son estate at Thomasville, Georgia, by Herbert Stoddard and Albert Stringer. The sound truck and cameras were concealed in blinds built two weeks 'r^^%4»* t "•^z ^ LESSER PRAIRIE CHICKENS CROUCH FOR ATTACK WITH WARLIKE GOBBLES In spring the males repair to flat-topped knolls in groups of from four to as many as 40. Each bird sets up a little domain some 25 feet square and proceeds to fight with all his neighbors I bus the boundaries become fixed, and each learns to respect the rights of others, so that when the females arrive after six weeks of battle, there is no grand rush (page 711).. 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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