. Wild wings; adventures of a camera-hunter among the larger wild birds of North America on sea and land . ises amid thethick of the mangroves. A little farther along, on the south side of the island, wasthe only real opening in the trees. Here, fortunately forme, was a dead tree, upon which several ibises at a timewould alight. A Louisiana Heron stayed perched on a leafybranch just above, and here I was soon able to take quitea series of telephoto pictures of ibises and the heron. Shortlybefore starting on the trip, I had purchased an excellent firm THE GREAT CUTHBERT ROOKERY 71 tripod, which
. Wild wings; adventures of a camera-hunter among the larger wild birds of North America on sea and land . ises amid thethick of the mangroves. A little farther along, on the south side of the island, wasthe only real opening in the trees. Here, fortunately forme, was a dead tree, upon which several ibises at a timewould alight. A Louisiana Heron stayed perched on a leafybranch just above, and here I was soon able to take quitea series of telephoto pictures of ibises and the heron. Shortlybefore starting on the trip, I had purchased an excellent firm THE GREAT CUTHBERT ROOKERY 71 tripod, which now served me admirably, as rigidity of theapparatus is the prime essential in telephoto work. All the nests of these water-birds are mere platforms ofsticks in a crotch, usually unlined with any soft ibises, however, line their nests with green mangroveleaves, but, despite this, their nests are the flimsiest of themall. Just a few sticks are laid across one another in thecrotch, some leaves are placed upon them, and the two orthree greenish eggs, beautifully mottled with brown, are then. TELEPHOTO PICTURE OF AN IBIS AND A LOUISIANA HERON 72 WILD WINGS
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