. Bird lore . of alarmpunctuated by the louder more raucous squawks of hundreds of Egrets, as they The Home-Life of the American Egret 63 flew from their nestsin the upper was a confusing andfascinating scene, anadmirable climax tothe passage throughthe weird forest. For a time, I wascontent to sit quietlyin the boat and revel inthe charm and beautyof the place, my en-joyment unmarred bythe thought that at anymoment Satan, in theguise of a plume-hunter, might enterthis Eden. The Little Blueand Louisiana Heronsnested at an averageheight of six to eightfeet. One bush heldno less than
. Bird lore . of alarmpunctuated by the louder more raucous squawks of hundreds of Egrets, as they The Home-Life of the American Egret 63 flew from their nestsin the upper was a confusing andfascinating scene, anadmirable climax tothe passage throughthe weird forest. For a time, I wascontent to sit quietlyin the boat and revel inthe charm and beautyof the place, my en-joyment unmarred bythe thought that at anymoment Satan, in theguise of a plume-hunter, might enterthis Eden. The Little Blueand Louisiana Heronsnested at an averageheight of six to eightfeet. One bush heldno less than thirty-twonests, all of which con-tained eggs, few youngof either species hav-ing yet been Egrets nested atan average height offorty feet. Eggs werein some nests, while inothers there werenearly fledged far less shy thanI had before foundthem, the birds werestill abundantly wary,and obviously could beobserved to advantageonly from some search, agroup of nests was dis-. AND FRO WITH CURVED NECK ANDSTREAMING PLUMES
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