. My life among the wild birds in Spain . who had not only followed me for hours across the marshes, hutfor a considerable time had been forcing his way through thedense reeds, often in water up to his shoulders, amid legions olleeches. It was whilst looking into the tinder of my camera that Isuddenly became aware of a black object moving among theadjacent reeds and glancing up, I was horrified to sec the dogscrambling into the bio- nest with the obvious determination olobtaining a drier billet ! A frantic shout, Drop! caused the poorbeast to recoil and drop on his haunches on the half-subport
. My life among the wild birds in Spain . who had not only followed me for hours across the marshes, hutfor a considerable time had been forcing his way through thedense reeds, often in water up to his shoulders, amid legions olleeches. It was whilst looking into the tinder of my camera that Isuddenly became aware of a black object moving among theadjacent reeds and glancing up, I was horrified to sec the dogscrambling into the bio- nest with the obvious determination olobtaining a drier billet ! A frantic shout, Drop! caused the poorbeast to recoil and drop on his haunches on the half-subportion of the nest where he sat shivering in the water in muteprotest at my forgetfulness, The camera being directed on the 120 The Common Crane nest enabled me to place on record at one and the same timehis obedience and my own selfishness. Subsequently I took photographs of the eggs at 2 ft. and at18 in. distance, but the size of the nest and the distance apartof the eggs did not lend themselves to such a process. During the ■ii^io^ii.;. RETRIEVER IN CRANES NEST. exposure, a peculiarly vicious insect of the horse-fly family, whichhad been pestering my horse for some time, alighted on one eggand so immortalized itself. In conclusion, I may say that I subsequently located the other Photographing Cranes Nests Cranes nests. One of them, belonging to the pair which hadcaused me such perplexity by their evasive and indeterminatemovements upon my second visit to the marsh, had obviously brobbed, and it was their nest which 1 came across on the: occasionof my third visit. With regard to the third pair, unless their eggs were found andeaten by my friend the predaceous local sportsman, after my
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