. Wild animals of Glacier National Park. The mammals. Glacier National Park (Agency : U. S. ); Mammals; Birds. BIEDS. 143 senses, have heard them as they came-do^Mi the ^\a\l of the mountain ? She sat there all unconscious now, while they, looking thin and shorn compared with th& shaggy white goats, stamped and kicked at the flies and put down their big-horned heads. Presently the three started over the edge of the cliff, and after a few- moments a ewe, with shorter, straighter horns came down and followed along after. All this time the old ptarmigan with feathers puffed out sat on-her roc
. Wild animals of Glacier National Park. The mammals. Glacier National Park (Agency : U. S. ); Mammals; Birds. BIEDS. 143 senses, have heard them as they came-do^Mi the ^\a\l of the mountain ? She sat there all unconscious now, while they, looking thin and shorn compared with th& shaggy white goats, stamped and kicked at the flies and put down their big-horned heads. Presently the three started over the edge of the cliff, and after a few- moments a ewe, with shorter, straighter horns came down and followed along after. All this time the old ptarmigan with feathers puffed out sat on-her rock about ten feet from me. Once a little head peeped out from among the feathers, but all was quiet, so quiet that I could hear the water trickling through the grass. When well rested the downy. Photograph by E. R. Warren. Fig. -Ptarmi,!;;;]!! in winter. chicks came out and began to peep and run around again, one of them coming within five or six feet of me without question from his mother, for we were old tried friends now. But what were they finding to eat? The drj'as was higher up on the mountain. As I questioned, I discovered one of the little tots in a bed of dwarf willows whose pinkish stamened catkins stood about an inch from the ground. Making a quick run at a catkin the little fellow gave a jab at the fuzzy anthers! Droll little chicks! Appar- ently their mother approved of their diet if she did not understand dietetics, for as they went busily about among the flowers and grasses, she left them to their own selection. But it was high noon and time to go back to the chalet. AVhen I returned in the afternoon a storm. 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 United States. National Park Service; Bailey, Vernon, 1864-1942; Bailey, Florence Augusta (Merriam) 1863-. Washington, Govt. Print. Off
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