. Wild wings; adventures of a camera-hunter among the larger wild birds of North America on sea and land . ; swinish egg-collectors haverobbed them of every egg in sight; yet still they remainfaithful to the old home-land of their ancestors. Creatures ofhabit they are, like the chickens that persist in roosting inthe orchard, despite the advent of winter weather. Our boat was now closely approaching the east end of theisland, directed by the guide, while we held readv our cam-eras, expecting at every moment to see the birds rise in acloud and leave the vicinity. To make sure of present oppor-t
. Wild wings; adventures of a camera-hunter among the larger wild birds of North America on sea and land . ; swinish egg-collectors haverobbed them of every egg in sight; yet still they remainfaithful to the old home-land of their ancestors. Creatures ofhabit they are, like the chickens that persist in roosting inthe orchard, despite the advent of winter weather. Our boat was now closely approaching the east end of theisland, directed by the guide, while we held readv our cam-eras, expecting at every moment to see the birds rise in acloud and leave the vicinity. To make sure of present oppor-tunity, we took snap-shots as the birds still sat on their we prepared in earnest for the grand flight. The boatwas run ashore abreast of the colony, but without alarming CITIES OF THE BROWN PELICANS 5 them. Then we stood up and shouted, but hardly a bird they sat upon their nests, hundreds and hundreds ofthem, many within forty or fifty feet, solemnly gazing at was not until we sprang out upon the shore that therewas any considerable flight, and even then we noticed that it. it was not until we sprang out upon the shore that there was ANY considerable FLIGHT occurred only within a radius of fifty or sixty feet, the rest ofthe colony remaining on their nests apparently in perfectunconcern. We also noticed with delight, as we went back tothe boat for more plates, that the flying birds, after a shortcircle out over the water, came right back and settled upontheir nests. The fear that it would be next to impossible tosecure pictures at close range was proven groundless. Equipped with all necessary photographic implements, wenow started out for a thorough tour of inspection. A greatarea of nests lay before us, a few of them built on the spread-ing limbs or tops of the mangrove bushes, but the greatmajority were on the sand, usually about a yard apart. Those WILD WINGS
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