Outing . fk W1NTJER DAY WITH THIS DUCKl. New HROUGH one of the hill-shadowed val-leys of centralYork flows anarrow, rapid is one of thoseclear, shallow,willow - borderedstreams with pebbleswhich reflect thesunshine, while upon its banks arepleasant places where one may lie be-neath the trees and listen to the mur-muring ripple, or dream and dozethrough the summer afternoon, undis-turbed except by the sandpipers whistleor the rattle of the kingfisher. From spring to late autumn a duckis a rare visitor to the stream, but in thewinter, when all the lakes and ponds are frozen over, many o
Outing . fk W1NTJER DAY WITH THIS DUCKl. New HROUGH one of the hill-shadowed val-leys of centralYork flows anarrow, rapid is one of thoseclear, shallow,willow - borderedstreams with pebbleswhich reflect thesunshine, while upon its banks arepleasant places where one may lie be-neath the trees and listen to the mur-muring ripple, or dream and dozethrough the summer afternoon, undis-turbed except by the sandpipers whistleor the rattle of the kingfisher. From spring to late autumn a duckis a rare visitor to the stream, but in thewinter, when all the lakes and ponds are frozen over, many of the so-calledwinter ducks seek their food in therapid shallows of the river, where icenever forms. Of these ducks the mostcommon are the goosander, the mer-gansers, the bay - breasted, and thesmaller, but more beautiful, hoodedvariety. Not infrequently a buffle-heads rotund little person appears fora short visit. The black and long-tailed ducks occasionally drop in, andnow and then an unmistakable musicof wings tells that a whistler i
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