. Bird studies with a camera : with introductory chapters on the outfit and methods of the bird photographer . Birds; Photography of birds. PELICAN ISLAND 201 beats, and then spread them and sailed for as many seconds. Generally they headed for the ocean, there to follow the line of the beach, sometimes high in the air, at others low over the curling surf, as their progress was aided or retarded by the wind. How far they went I can not say, but at a point ten miles north of Pelican Island many have been seen still winging their way to the northward, doubtless to S(jme point where fish were abu
. Bird studies with a camera : with introductory chapters on the outfit and methods of the bird photographer . Birds; Photography of birds. PELICAN ISLAND 201 beats, and then spread them and sailed for as many seconds. Generally they headed for the ocean, there to follow the line of the beach, sometimes high in the air, at others low over the curling surf, as their progress was aided or retarded by the wind. How far they went I can not say, but at a point ten miles north of Pelican Island many have been seen still winging their way to the northward, doubtless to S(jme point where fish were abundant. Not once during the four days passed off Pelican Island did I see a Peli- can fishing over the sur- rounding waters. It was not because they were lacking in fish, for they contained a plentiful sup- ply of food; and I could explain the unexi:)ected abstinence of the birds only on the supposition that the fish in the im- mediate vicinity of the nesting ground were left for the early oflrorts of the young birds before they were strong enough of wing to accompany their jiarents to distant fishing grounds. Brown Pelicans fish at a height of from twenty to thirty feet above the water, not hovering, but. ''<. Same as No. 104, seen i'rom abo\'e, lo .sll'iw extent to wliieli sides of tile lo\\"er bill arc Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Chapman, Frank M. (Frank Michler), 1864-1945. New York : D. Appleton
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