. Birds and nature . the wind be south or northeast,whether the day be dull or bright, he knowsexactly where the little fish will be found,and how to catch them. When the young birds came the mostinteresting bit of Koskomenos life wasmanifest. One morning as I sat watch-ing, hidden away in the bushes, the motherkingfisher put her head out of her holeand looked about very anxiously. A bigwater-snake lay stretched along a strandedlog on the shore. She pounced upon himinstantly, and drove him out of sight. Justabove, at the foot of the trout pool, a broodof sheldrake were croaking and s
. Birds and nature . the wind be south or northeast,whether the day be dull or bright, he knowsexactly where the little fish will be found,and how to catch them. When the young birds came the mostinteresting bit of Koskomenos life wasmanifest. One morning as I sat watch-ing, hidden away in the bushes, the motherkingfisher put her head out of her holeand looked about very anxiously. A bigwater-snake lay stretched along a strandedlog on the shore. She pounced upon himinstantly, and drove him out of sight. Justabove, at the foot of the trout pool, a broodof sheldrake were croaking and splashingabout in the shallows. They were harm-less, yet the kingfisher rushed upon them,clattering and scolding like a fishwife, andharried them all away into a quiet bogan. On the way back she passed over a frog,a big, sober, sleepy fellow waiting on alily-pad for his sunbath. Chigwoolz mightcatch young trout, and even little birds asthey came to drink, but he would surelynever molest a brood of kingfishers; yet the. 17 KINGFISHER. (Ceryle alcyon), g Life-size. MENTZER A CHICAGO Birds & Nature Magazine 29
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