. Wild wings; adventures of a camera-hunter among the larger wild birds of North America on sea and land . hick, and then cuddled it some more. MeanwhileI was working the camera assiduously, photographing herand her mate in all sorts of attitudes, securing thereby anuncommonly interesting series of eighteen pictures — andusing up my last plate. 238 WILD WINGS It is dangerous for the camera-hunter in such a rich game-country to be without reserve plates. This I realized keenly-enough when, as we sailed back, away out in the middle of thelagoon, we passed close by a mother Black Duck, with herbr
. Wild wings; adventures of a camera-hunter among the larger wild birds of North America on sea and land . hick, and then cuddled it some more. MeanwhileI was working the camera assiduously, photographing herand her mate in all sorts of attitudes, securing thereby anuncommonly interesting series of eighteen pictures — andusing up my last plate. 238 WILD WINGS It is dangerous for the camera-hunter in such a rich game-country to be without reserve plates. This I realized keenly-enough when, as we sailed back, away out in the middle of thelagoon, we passed close by a mother Black Duck, with herbrood of eight small ducklings, all bravely paddling for therather distant shore. We, too, were shoreward bound, thoughon a longer voyage. The cold beam wind drove us on, andwhen the western sky was rosy wdth the sunset, we roundedthe bold red-sandstone promontory, soon to wade ashore andwith happy talk of the successful days excursion, encum-bered with big boots and cameras, trudge to the fisherscottage up on the wind-sw^ept headland of the cold Northernisle, with its bare slopes and stunted NEST ANU EGGS OK RING-NECKED PLOVER
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