. 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 . eal, Shovelers, and Red-heads; June 10 or later for Gadwalls and Ruddies;June 15 and on for the Scaups and Baldpates, andthe ist of July for White-winged Scoter. To make the acquaintance in the nesting seasonof certain other Ducks which do not go to the re-mote north, we shall have to explore the Atlanticcoast region. It is by no means as easy to findthem there as on the Great Plains, yet patients
. 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 . eal, Shovelers, and Red-heads; June 10 or later for Gadwalls and Ruddies;June 15 and on for the Scaups and Baldpates, andthe ist of July for White-winged Scoter. To make the acquaintance in the nesting seasonof certain other Ducks which do not go to the re-mote north, we shall have to explore the Atlanticcoast region. It is by no means as easy to findthem there as on the Great Plains, yet patientsearching will now and then be rewarded. Mostof the sea Ducks, such as the Scoters and Old-squaws, migrate to Labrador or beyond. Some dayI hope to follow them, but as yet my wanderingshave not been extended north of the MagdalenIslands. Yet there are some interesting Ducks eventhere to be studied. Away out by East Point is what is called theGreat Pond, a shallow body of water certainly acouple of miles long, occasionally inundated by thesea, that breaks across the beach in storms. At itseast end are what the fishermen have named theEgg Nubbles, a number of tiny islets, on which 206 ■■«/*. a, ^ 207 Among the Water Fowl Terns and Ducks breed. At our first arrival wevisited them, and were disappointed not to find anyDucks nests, although there were scores of Ducksof several kinds, mostly Red-breasted Mergansers,feeding or flying about. We made the trip againon the 29th of June. An easterly storm was raging,and we droves even or eight miles over beach, dunes,and barrens, in an old cart drawn by an ancientwhite horse. Even in the thickest of winter cloth-ing and overcoats we were shivering. Reachingour destination, we tied the horse to a clump ofstunted spruces and waded out to the Nubbles. We had almostreached the firstwhen a Dusky orBlack Duckflushed from thegrass up from theedge, leaving apretty, downynest with eightfresh eggs thatclosely resem-bled the eggs ofthe Mallard. I
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