. Bird lore . vight there bewith smaller birds? I should think therew«tild be little danger, as when biixis on«have a feedittg-spot (weeds or whatewr)the\ \-isit it regularly. Natuie supplies saltin limited quantity.—-Eliz.\beth P. Styer,ConcoriivUk^ Pa. An Experience with an American Bittern While followii\g a small creek near Ypsi-lanti, Mich., on October 6, t^2t, an AmericaitBittern stepped from the stream-bed before Notes from Field and Study 147 me and walked up the bank opposite nne toa growth of thistles and other pasture weeds,There it suddenly struck the erect, motion-ess, slender bod
. Bird lore . vight there bewith smaller birds? I should think therew«tild be little danger, as when biixis on«have a feedittg-spot (weeds or whatewr)the\ \-isit it regularly. Natuie supplies saltin limited quantity.—-Eliz.\beth P. Styer,ConcoriivUk^ Pa. An Experience with an American Bittern While followii\g a small creek near Ypsi-lanti, Mich., on October 6, t^2t, an AmericaitBittern stepped from the stream-bed before Notes from Field and Study 147 me and walked up the bank opposite nne toa growth of thistles and other pasture weeds,There it suddenly struck the erect, motion-ess, slender body attitude so often taken>y Bitterns when danger threatens and whichso effectively camouflages them. Whenapproached the litd remafeed (^taet till I trips, with a loaded reflecting camera, madeit possible to get a dozen good pictures ofthis Bittern, some giving me a good recordof its concealing behavior and all makingimportant additions to my wild-life negativecollection.—T. L. Hankinson, Sfaie Ncarnal. .^MEKIC.^N BITTERN POSING was wfthTO a dozen or so- feet of \% then itelaxed and started to walk along the creek>ank, always keeping at least this Stanceahead of me and making use of every weed-r>atch for another effort to elude me with aVJHckly assumes?, stationary posture like theone described. Once in a patch of giant rag-weed it very effectively and remarkablyeradicated itself, althou^ it was littleeclipsed by plant parts. The day was cjuiet and sunny and it wasnear n<»on. These ceaiditicaiSj with the factthat 1 was armed, s& I usually am (mi field Bald Eeigje& on the HudsonFor over forty years, Andrew Templetonhas watched the winter visits of theBald Eagles to the Hudson River at New-bur^ and Beacon, where the ferry be-tween these cities keeps the wafer free fromice in the coldest days. ^Mien the da}?? beginto soften, great fields of ice break off withthe changing tides, amd these the ferry cutsinto small blocks and eventually a big openspace is formed whe
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