. American bird magazine, ornithology. Birds. 226 AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY. found that the Herons were there and the nests extended back in the marsh for a distance of more than a mile. They were from three feet to several rods apart. In one place I saw four nests all within a ten foot circle,but generally we could not see more than two at a time,from the boat, because the grass and cane were so tall. Most of the nests were made of coarse swamp grass while some had a foundation of sticks,but they must have been brought from a distance of about three miles as there was no brush of any kind within l
. American bird magazine, ornithology. Birds. 226 AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY. found that the Herons were there and the nests extended back in the marsh for a distance of more than a mile. They were from three feet to several rods apart. In one place I saw four nests all within a ten foot circle,but generally we could not see more than two at a time,from the boat, because the grass and cane were so tall. Most of the nests were made of coarse swamp grass while some had a foundation of sticks,but they must have been brought from a distance of about three miles as there was no brush of any kind within less than that distance. There must have been fully a thousand nests, most of them containing four or five eggs while a few had young. In this marsh we also found breeding Ducks, Coots, Gallinules, Bitterns, Least Bitterns, Pied-billed Grebes, Phalaropes, Blackbirds and Marsh Photo by Deles Hatch. NEST AND EGGS OF NIGHT HERON. [This shows an unusual nesting site on the ground. Thousands of birds were nesting in the same marsh. They usually nest ]. 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 Worcester, Mass. : C. K. Reed
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