. Among the water-fowl; observation, adventure, photography. A popular narrative account of the water-fowl as found in the northern and middle states and lower Canada, east of the Rocky mountains . twas flat, almost marshy, and covered with very pro-fuse dry grass of the previous years growth thathad escaped the prairie fires. My companion al-most trod on a Western Meadow Lark that left herarched nest in the grass and six eggs for our inspec-tion. Just after this I was returning to the boat,when — spring, flutter—away went a Blue-wingedTeal from the long grass at my very feet. It tookme but a
. Among the water-fowl; observation, adventure, photography. A popular narrative account of the water-fowl as found in the northern and middle states and lower Canada, east of the Rocky mountains . twas flat, almost marshy, and covered with very pro-fuse dry grass of the previous years growth thathad escaped the prairie fires. My companion al-most trod on a Western Meadow Lark that left herarched nest in the grass and six eggs for our inspec-tion. Just after this I was returning to the boat,when — spring, flutter—away went a Blue-wingedTeal from the long grass at my very feet. It tookme but a second to reach the spot, and, parting thegrass, I gazed into my first Teals nest, with its tensmall, creamy eggs, well spattered with excrement,which the bird dropped as she flew. I afterwardsfound that this last is the usual occurrence when aDuck is surprised and flushed from her eggs. Thisnest was well down in the thick dry grass, and wouldhave been practically impossible to discover withoutflushing the bird. It was built in a hollow in theground, of dry grass, with which the abundant darkgray down that lined it was more or less mixed. After a few minutes we started on again, and 180. < 22 u a S H i8i Among the Water Fowl
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