. Bird lore . introducing me to the spot where, in a sand-bank,the birds were nesting. The hole was located about fifty feet from the tide-line of Princes Bay,Staten Island, and wasabout fifteen feet fromthe waters edge. Aboutfour feet below the hole,the bank sloped verygradually, so that wewere enabled to set upour tripod cameras andbird-blinds. The latterwere green umbrellaphotographic -blinds,copied after the onedescribed and recom-mended by Mr. Chap-man. I stepped into myblind, focused my cam-era, set the shutter, andwaited for the birdsappearance, knowingthey were not far away,keeping an
. Bird lore . introducing me to the spot where, in a sand-bank,the birds were nesting. The hole was located about fifty feet from the tide-line of Princes Bay,Staten Island, and wasabout fifteen feet fromthe waters edge. Aboutfour feet below the hole,the bank sloped verygradually, so that wewere enabled to set upour tripod cameras andbird-blinds. The latterwere green umbrellaphotographic -blinds,copied after the onedescribed and recom-mended by Mr. Chap-man. I stepped into myblind, focused my cam-era, set the shutter, andwaited for the birdsappearance, knowingthey were not far away,keeping an eye on thehole through an open-ing in the blind abovethe camera. Presently the famil-iar rattle was heard inthe distance, gradually growing louder as the bird came nearer. There was aflash of blue and white, and the bird had returned with a fish in its beak. I immediately snapped the shutter and, at the sound, the bird whirled,flew away, still retaining the fish. It soon returned, however, and thereafter (233). LEAVING THE NEST
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