. Wild wings; adventures of a camera-hunter among the larger wild birds of North America on sea and land . se werenot whollv satisfactory, as the bird w:is largely hidden. Nota stalk could be touched without flushing her. In some cases I tried opening up nests and visiting themafter the owners had returned. They bec-ame timid and self-conscious, hardly allowing an aj^jDHJach within twenty great trouble I secured a couple of not wholly satisfac-torv exposures at knig range. It was not till I tried the lastnest, just before we were to sail away, that I found the Willettamer, allowing
. Wild wings; adventures of a camera-hunter among the larger wild birds of North America on sea and land . se werenot whollv satisfactory, as the bird w:is largely hidden. Nota stalk could be touched without flushing her. In some cases I tried opening up nests and visiting themafter the owners had returned. They bec-ame timid and self-conscious, hardly allowing an aj^jDHJach within twenty great trouble I secured a couple of not wholly satisfac-torv exposures at knig range. It was not till I tried the lastnest, just before we were to sail away, that I found the Willettamer, allowing me to secure a series of timed exposures withmv large lens within six feet, which amply repaid me forall the effort I had made and the hot miles I had on the deck, as the favoring wind filled the whitesails and wafted me on to other new and exciting camera- SHORE-BIRD LOITERERS 255 hunting, I watched, with pleasing thoughts and day-dreams,the isolated sands of the productive key — with its willets,oyster-catchers, plovers, sandpipers, terns, and pelicans —fade awav in the WILSON S PLOVER
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