. [Articles about birds from National geographic magazine]. Birds. Photo by Howard H. Cleaves BELLOWING OVLR TtIL LAKL TO HIS MATE brief time that she had been away. She came to a dead stop three inches from the brim of the hat and fluffed out her feathers indignantly, at the same time uttering a series of plaintive, piping whistles. This brought forth a muffled resjjonse from the young, and instantly the old bird became highly excited. To hear her offspring and yet not be able to find or see them was quite inex- plicable. Round and round the hat she ran, pijiing away in the meantime and now a
. [Articles about birds from National geographic magazine]. Birds. Photo by Howard H. Cleaves BELLOWING OVLR TtIL LAKL TO HIS MATE brief time that she had been away. She came to a dead stop three inches from the brim of the hat and fluffed out her feathers indignantly, at the same time uttering a series of plaintive, piping whistles. This brought forth a muffled resjjonse from the young, and instantly the old bird became highly excited. To hear her offspring and yet not be able to find or see them was quite inex- plicable. Round and round the hat she ran, pijiing away in the meantime and now and again stopping to listen—a peep from a youngster being sufficient to start her oft' again. At length the limit of patience seemed to be reached, for instead of circling longer about the obstruction the mother l)lo\'er headed straight for it, pushing against the upturned brim with her breast anfl pecking at the material in the crown as if to remo\c the frightful object. Had there been any purpose in further extend- ing the experiment I should not have had the heart to do it: but there was none, and the hat Avas removed from the nest and put in its proper place. The little piper had proved herself to be the most solicitous shore-bird mother that I had ever met. USING AN OWL FOR BAIT In seeking to procure bird photographs one should mark carefully the several factors which go to malie up the bird's life—his food habits, time and manner of nesting, habitat in winter, and even his roosting place by night, his favorite perch by day (if he has one), and any peculiar whims, likes or dislikes, which happen to characterize his kind. Being possessed of an understanding of these things is identical with having success within one's grasp, if bird photography is the aim. The simple knowledge, for instance, that hawks, crows, jays, and many other of the land are the sworn enemies of the owls is sufficient to put one in a position to conduct a highly entertaining experiment and o
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