. Among the water-fowl, observation, adventure, photography [microform] : a popular narrative account of the water-fowl as found in the northern and middle states and lower Canada, east of the Rocky Mountains. Water birds; Water birds; Water birds; Photography of birds; Oiseaux aquatiques; Oiseaux aquatiques; Oiseaux aquatiques; Oiseaux. The White-Winged Fl EET lous and unceasing fuss over my presence, going on to their nests awhile, and flying up again with- out any seeming provocation. At first I thought that the task I ® had grappled with so confi- dently would find the day too short for it
. Among the water-fowl, observation, adventure, photography [microform] : a popular narrative account of the water-fowl as found in the northern and middle states and lower Canada, east of the Rocky Mountains. Water birds; Water birds; Water birds; Photography of birds; Oiseaux aquatiques; Oiseaux aquatiques; Oiseaux aquatiques; Oiseaux. The White-Winged Fl EET lous and unceasing fuss over my presence, going on to their nests awhile, and flying up again with- out any seeming provocation. At first I thought that the task I ® had grappled with so confi- dently would find the day too short for its ac- complishment. I set the camera in the sand, or grass, by shelter- ing clumps of weeds, near two or three nests, but the hovering birds provoking- ly would not go on, and I could not aflFord time for an indefinite wait. At last I noticed a set of two eggs that were pipped, and I certainly thought she did. With the thread in hand I lay do- n on the sand about fifty yards away. Within five minutes she alit close to the nest, and I got a picture, and soon another, as she was covering her Quite a few of the Gulls' eggs had hatched. The young were skulking among the weeds and. •I THED MY LUCK ON THE ; YOUNC COM- HON TBRN. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Job, Herbert Keightley, 1864-1933. Toronto : Musson Book Co.
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