. The Canadian field-naturalist. 144 The Canadian Field-Naturalist [Vol. 66 nests of the Curlew, Golden Plover, Smith's Longspur and others, we returned to the Stilt Sandpiper's nest to take photographs of the birds. The Sandpiper was very co- operative and readily returned, walking through the grass and approaching her nest by a circuitous route. The picture taking was interrupted by a rising wind and rain and we set out across the tundra toward the roadway. We had gone only a short distance when a pair of Godwits appeared and flew about calling and acting as though very much concerned over o
. The Canadian field-naturalist. 144 The Canadian Field-Naturalist [Vol. 66 nests of the Curlew, Golden Plover, Smith's Longspur and others, we returned to the Stilt Sandpiper's nest to take photographs of the birds. The Sandpiper was very co- operative and readily returned, walking through the grass and approaching her nest by a circuitous route. The picture taking was interrupted by a rising wind and rain and we set out across the tundra toward the roadway. We had gone only a short distance when a pair of Godwits appeared and flew about calling and acting as though very much concerned over our presence. That place would receive a thorough searching on the morrow!. Hudsonian Godwit nest at Churchill, Man. Next morning the weather broke clear and we started out. With us were two young people who were attached to the Defense Research Laboratory. They were interested in ornithology and wished to take pictures at the Stilt Sandpiper's nest which we had located. I led the way toward the place where the Godwits had acted so concerned the previous afternoon and when we came near, the birds appeared as before, acting very much perturbed as we entered a moderately wet grass-grown marshy area. We all felt that here must be the location of their nest and we started a systematic search. We had covered quite a large area when suddenly my eye caught a glimpse of broken egg shells on a low hummock. Bending over, I discovered a little downy baby hidden in the grass blades on the edge of the nest! Overjoyed at the discovery I called to the others who were nearby and, directly, on approaching the spot, Ann discovered another downy youngster a few feet from the nest! The parent Godwits flew about coming close to us and making quite a fuss. We carried the cunning downy youngsters from the marshy place to a nearby border of tundra where the girls could kneel down and hold the young on the mossy turf, giving me an opportunity to take pictures of the Godwit parents as they came near to s
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