. Outing. on the nest, and off she would golike a bomb, making me wonder thatthe eggs were not all broken. Foiled, 26 THE OUTING MAGAZINE but not cast down, he would stand be-side the nest, his tail and his black rufferected and fully spread, every feathersticking straight out. He was a beauty,and I might have had his picture if Ihad not been so ambitious and set thecamera so near that the image of thenest alone nearly filled the plate. Hestood so for a full minute, then saun-tered off, and soon after he disappearedhis wife came sneaking back home, ap-parently hoping he would not hear her. ven
. Outing. on the nest, and off she would golike a bomb, making me wonder thatthe eggs were not all broken. Foiled, 26 THE OUTING MAGAZINE but not cast down, he would stand be-side the nest, his tail and his black rufferected and fully spread, every feathersticking straight out. He was a beauty,and I might have had his picture if Ihad not been so ambitious and set thecamera so near that the image of thenest alone nearly filled the plate. Hestood so for a full minute, then saun-tered off, and soon after he disappearedhis wife came sneaking back home, ap-parently hoping he would not hear her. venture from the other side of the rocksbefore I peered over to see if she wasthere. Our little friend Bob White is some-what easier to cultivate acquaintancewith. In severe winter weather thecovey make themselves at home aroundthe farm buildings and often accept thehospitality of food provided for them,even in the barnyard. When springcomes, who does not enjoy hearing themale whistle from the fence or wall?. THE WOODCOCK DOES NOT OBJECT TO A CAMERA, EVEN WHEN HE IS OUT FOR A PROMENADE. The old saying that it never rains butit pours was illustrated in about a week,when a young friend showed me anothernest. This one was under a fallen tree,back from the top of a steep ledge ofrocks a nice grove of white birches, afavorite place for the grouse. This birdwas shy, too, but instead of sneaking;i\\;i\ on foot, she would fairly explodefrom her nest on the wing the in-stanl I showed the top of my head above the ledge. I fooled her by hiding thecamera amid the debris of fallenbranches and pulling the thread at a It is a pretty sight to watch themthrough the glass. The nest is hiddenaway in the grass, among weeds ordebris in the field or pasture, often nearthe fence. Both sexes incubate, but the femaledoes most of this work. Though usuallythey do not leave the nest till closelyapproached, photographing them on orat the nest is an uncertain matter, assome individuals are afraid of the ^ ani-
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