With nature and a camera; being the adventures and observations of a field naturalist and an animal photographer . dge and from boulderto boulder, until we came towhere the turf clothes the the Puffins breed in im-mense numbers, and the cloudsof birds that swept past usmade a sound like a whirlwindwhipping a great bed of deadrushes. As the Forked-TailedPetrels also nest regularly atthe same spot, we began togrope aljout in the burrows fortheir eggs. I had not investi-gated more than two or threeholes before I felt a peculiarPUFFIN NOOSE stlugiug paiu, and precipitately withdrew my
With nature and a camera; being the adventures and observations of a field naturalist and an animal photographer . dge and from boulderto boulder, until we came towhere the turf clothes the the Puffins breed in im-mense numbers, and the cloudsof birds that swept past usmade a sound like a whirlwindwhipping a great bed of deadrushes. As the Forked-TailedPetrels also nest regularly atthe same spot, we began togrope aljout in the burrows fortheir eggs. I had not investi-gated more than two or threeholes before I felt a peculiarPUFFIN NOOSE stlugiug paiu, and precipitately withdrew my hand, streamingwith blood. I had invaded the nest of a TannnyNorrie by mistake, and the owner being at homenaturally objected, and administered with greatpromptitude what she no doubt regarded as a well-deserved punishment for the intrusion. I used tobe a little sce[)tical about the stories of Puffinsevicting rabbits from their l)urr()ws, but must con-fess that the back of my unbelief was Inoken tluitday on Borrera. The num found several Forked-Tailed Petrels intheir nesting-burrows, and wlicn they were taken.
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