. Bird-lore . ocally known as Bird Island onCameron Farm, there is located a colonyof Herons in which I counted forty SnowyEgrets and five of the large Egrets. Here,to my delight, I found breeding Spoonbillsand 87 were in sight at one time, sailingaround in the air over the trees. At thistime no young were visible, and the75 nests examined contained sets of eggsvarying from three to five in warden whom I employed to guard theplace has since reported that the numberof Spoonbills increased to the neighbor-hood of two hundred shortly after my Aransas Pass, on the coast of Texa
. Bird-lore . ocally known as Bird Island onCameron Farm, there is located a colonyof Herons in which I counted forty SnowyEgrets and five of the large Egrets. Here,to my delight, I found breeding Spoonbillsand 87 were in sight at one time, sailingaround in the air over the trees. At thistime no young were visible, and the75 nests examined contained sets of eggsvarying from three to five in warden whom I employed to guard theplace has since reported that the numberof Spoonbills increased to the neighbor-hood of two hundred shortly after my Aransas Pass, on the coast of Texas,I was met by William L. and Irene Finleywho had journeyed there by appointmentfrom Portland in order that we might worktogether in some of the interesting bird-colonies on the Texas coast. We were re-ceived as guests aboard the Jim Duke, astout gasoline boat with adequate cabinspace for our party, owned by the StateGame, Fish, and Oyster Commission. Inthis we traveled northward eighty miles 260 Bird - Lore .. v„ BROWN PELICANS, OLD AND YOUNG or more, visiting many islands that werethe home of numerous sea-birds. One of the places where we stopped wasDunhams Island, at the northern extrem-ity of Aransas Bay. This is merely a littlelump of oyster shells about a hundred andfifty feet long and from fifteen to twenty-five feet wide. We found it occupied by acommunity of Brown Pelicans that wereengaged in caring for their young. Nearlyall the eggs had hatched and all the young,with the exception of perhaps half a dozen,were large enough to leave the island and LEAVING DUNHAMS ISLAND, TEXAS swim away when we came among hundred and four young werecounted. As these Pelican squabs movedalong over the shells they continually dis-gorged fish upon which they had recentlybeen fed. An examination of these showedthat with the exception of three individualsall these fish were menhaden, which, as Idiscovered during my cruise of the Gulf(Oast for the United States Food Admin-is
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