. Outing. and seeing ducks of many sorts spring from their nests in thegrass at almost every step. I am reminded of the enthusiastic ac-count given me by a settler up in theTurtle Mountain country of NorthDakota about a resort of wild ducks towhich he was directing me. Why/said he, they are so thick there theypositively stink! Nor was this a verygross exaggeration. AnyhowT, it is a wonderful experienceto be in a place where the ducks areeverywhere, flying about, swimmingamong the rushes or in small pools,sometimes with broods of young, theireggs everywhere in the grass. The wildfowl are so tam
. Outing. and seeing ducks of many sorts spring from their nests in thegrass at almost every step. I am reminded of the enthusiastic ac-count given me by a settler up in theTurtle Mountain country of NorthDakota about a resort of wild ducks towhich he was directing me. Why/said he, they are so thick there theypositively stink! Nor was this a verygross exaggeration. AnyhowT, it is a wonderful experienceto be in a place where the ducks areeverywhere, flying about, swimmingamong the rushes or in small pools,sometimes with broods of young, theireggs everywhere in the grass. The wildfowl are so tame there that one wouldthink that they were surely domesticated,and it is possible to sit or stroll aboutand study them intimately, learningmore of the real life of wildfowl andseeing more rare varieties in a day thanone would ordinarily have sight of inyears. June is the month for this, whenthe drakes are resplendent in their beau-tiful spring plumage. The penciledcanvasbacks fairly scintillate in the sun-. 1 WO KIMJ^ of 11 m 1111 SAME SASKATCHEWAN POOlBLUE-WINGED on RIGHT. un\ wiun ON LEFT, 32 THE OUTING MAGAZINE shine of that clear, bracing, prairie at-mosphere ; little male ruddy duck is acomical sight with his stiff tail stuckstraight up, his back so red, his bill sovery blue; the green of the mallarddrakes head is unsurpassed; the pintailis dainty with his slender neck, longspike of a tail, and dainty plumage; theshoveler is fairly gorgeous; the blue-winged teal in full dress is a little gem,and so on with all the rest. To seethem I have traveled thousands of miles,and found the nests of just twenty dif-ferent species of ducks, and it was wellworth while. Even where ducks are so numerous, itis surprising how difficult it is to get in-timate pictures of them, for they are ex-ceedingly shy about returning to theirnests when anyone is about. A duck,too, swimming at twenty-five yards isnear for the gunner, but far for thephotographer. One must spend days inblinds and plan devi
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