. The sport of bird-study; a book for young or active people . rave. But, despite thisintrusion for the sake of my studies, I came as a friend,and would not, nor did not, hurt them. With the reflecting camera I then advanced, and, pre-senting the instrument as near to him as I pleased,snapped and snapped again. Then I wanted a differ-ent pose of the brave bird, so I extended my foot towardhim. Quick as a flash he pounced at my leg, struck it aquick, angry blow, and hastened back to the young, thistime sitting on the nest as though incubating. Aftergetting his picture in this position, I decoye
. The sport of bird-study; a book for young or active people . rave. But, despite thisintrusion for the sake of my studies, I came as a friend,and would not, nor did not, hurt them. With the reflecting camera I then advanced, and, pre-senting the instrument as near to him as I pleased,snapped and snapped again. Then I wanted a differ-ent pose of the brave bird, so I extended my foot towardhim. Quick as a flash he pounced at my leg, struck it aquick, angry blow, and hastened back to the young, thistime sitting on the nest as though incubating. Aftergetting his picture in this position, I decoyed him offseveral times again. After each attack he would eitherreturn to the nest directly, or go off into the thicket afew moments before coming back home to assumesome new and striking pose. One such was when hestood over the young and some of them poked out theirheads to see for themselves what was going on. Some-times, when I made only a slight feint, he would runpart way to meet me and stand out in the open in adefiant attitude, while I snapped him. 234. p -a 2pa THRUSH COUSINS During the course of this fracas the young had oneby one crawled just outside the nest into the shadeclose by, all but one, which was more puny than therest and could not get out of the rather deep cup. Itwas fortunate for me that this one stayed, for the nobleparent was as ready to incur danger for one as for fine example at length seemed to inspire his ratherfaint-hearted mate, for she began to grow more threaten-ing and even ran out in front of the nest, where Isecured just one snapshot of her standing on a low rock. Having now used up quite a number of plates andsecured pictures of about every possible positiofl, Ithought I would see what they would do if I actuallyhandled the young. So I started to lay hold of thechick in the nest. But no sooner had I touched it thanlike a whirlwind, with shrieks of rage and despair, boththrashers precipitated themselves upon me. Seizingmy fingers with
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