. Pictures of bird life : on woodland meadow, mountain and marsh . {Pluisiainis culchiciis) Nest 154 Pictures of Bird Life did not buy it, 1 i>{ive liim wliat he asked, took it to thedoor, and released it before his eyes, to his great indigiuitionand disgust. That was the seeond I had restored to hl)erty,and gladly I watched its Hight, and rejoiced at its narrowescape from the hideous fate in store for it. Herons, witliin tlie memory of at least one Nest of Pheasant {^Pliasicuiits cvlchiciis). used to nest on the island at Bush Hill Park. Nowadaysthe neares
. Pictures of bird life : on woodland meadow, mountain and marsh . {Pluisiainis culchiciis) Nest 154 Pictures of Bird Life did not buy it, 1 i>{ive liim wliat he asked, took it to thedoor, and released it before his eyes, to his great indigiuitionand disgust. That was the seeond I had restored to hl)erty,and gladly I watched its Hight, and rejoiced at its narrowescape from the hideous fate in store for it. Herons, witliin tlie memory of at least one Nest of Pheasant {^Pliasicuiits cvlchiciis). used to nest on the island at Bush Hill Park. Nowadaysthe nearest heronries are tlie well-known ones at AVansteadPark and Richmond Park. At the former there are at leastsixty pairs of these birds nesting on tlie island in the lake,in company with Rooks. At Richmond there are about adozen nests on some large oaks in one of the enclosures. Bird Life in a Suburban Parish 155 The Heron does not always, however, nest on trees, wliere,to tell the truth, he seems somewhat out of place : tor inHolland I have seen it nesting among the reeds, in just thesame sort of a place as that chosen by Pin-ple Herons, exceptthat, if possible, it was more difficult of access. For, in spiteof every effort, I failed in my attempts to photograph thenests which contained young birds. The water was verydeep, almost up to my neck, and the })ottom exceedinglysoft and treacherous, and the six exposures I made, afteran infinity of exertion and trouble, were all failures.
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