. Bird lore . he eggs begin to hatch soonafter the middle of June, and, if we can discover a single one of the odd-looking, stilted puff-balls of chicks, there will be a good chance to snap-shot the mother bird as she comes bravely to the rescue. At least I knowthat the mother Ringneck will be that accommodating, for one of thesetrotted up and brooded her baby on the sand close by where I was seatedwith the camera. Of the omnipresent Spotted Sandpiper, we can find nestsby the dozen, and who can tell but what the nest of the Lesser Yellow-legs may be the lucky strike, for Ihave seen these birds
. Bird lore . he eggs begin to hatch soonafter the middle of June, and, if we can discover a single one of the odd-looking, stilted puff-balls of chicks, there will be a good chance to snap-shot the mother bird as she comes bravely to the rescue. At least I knowthat the mother Ringneck will be that accommodating, for one of thesetrotted up and brooded her baby on the sand close by where I was seatedwith the camera. Of the omnipresent Spotted Sandpiper, we can find nestsby the dozen, and who can tell but what the nest of the Lesser Yellow-legs may be the lucky strike, for Ihave seen these birds at East Pointin the breeding season. If one is fond of the Wild Ducks,it will prove interesting and profit-able to search for their nests,—onsmall islands, in reedy bogs, on thegrassy shores of ponds, and undersmall spruces. It is well to beatover any favorable ground syste-matically, and without making muchnoise. Then, when approach hap-pens to be made to the right spot,the Duck will sit close until almost. SEMI-PALM ATED PLOVER stepped on, and then go fluttering off, to the entrancing excitement ofthe ornithologist, who must be spry to note color and markings andidentify her before she gets too far away. 1 have thus found nests ofthe Dusky Duck, Blue-winged Teal, American Scaup and Red-breastedMerganser. The Green-winged Teal is also there, and of course breeds,as, I suspect, from local reports, the Oldsquaw occasionally may Dusky Duck is common, and generally breeds early, having somebroods out by the middle of June. However, I have found sets of fresheggs late in that month. The Teal is also early, but the Scaup and theMerganser are late. The latter is very abundant, being the commonestDuck, but one will not readily find nests before about the first of July, oras long as the females are seen in numbers with their mates. Most of their nests seem to be located under thick, low spruces or juni-pers, and hence they are hard to find. One nest which we discovered,howeve
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