. Bird lore . esented itself two weeks afterward, asmy guide and I were paddling down thebay on our way to a neighboring Loons island lay directly in our course, and, remembering my previousexperience with the bird, I suggested thatwe try to photograph him. When we werewithin fifty yards of the island, I arrangedthe camera for an exposure at fifteen guide then paddled quietly up towardthe place where I had seen the Loon diveinto the water. Nearer and nearer weapproached, until it seemed as if the Loonwas not there, and that we were to be dis-appointed. Suddenly, with a great
. Bird lore . esented itself two weeks afterward, asmy guide and I were paddling down thebay on our way to a neighboring Loons island lay directly in our course, and, remembering my previousexperience with the bird, I suggested thatwe try to photograph him. When we werewithin fifty yards of the island, I arrangedthe camera for an exposure at fifteen guide then paddled quietly up towardthe place where I had seen the Loon diveinto the water. Nearer and nearer weapproached, until it seemed as if the Loonwas not there, and that we were to be dis-appointed. Suddenly, with a great com-motion, the old bird came scramblingoff the nest and dove into the lake, asbefore splashing water right into thecanoe, and startling me to such an extentthat I hardly had enough presence ofmind left to press the bulb. Our calculations were upset completelyby the birds sudden retreat at the lastminute. We had no idea that he wouldallow us to approach as near as we camera was focused at fifteen feet,. LOON LEAVING ITb NESl Note how the white neck-ring seems to cut the birds head off; an apparently conspicuous mark, which, in effect, renders the bird less evident. Photographed bv John S. Perry (266) Notes from Field and Study 267
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