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impaling themselves on it with sturdy lunges. My only difficulty,
this time, was that Brownie often grabbed the food first, delivering
it however, to the same objectives aimed at by me, so that for a while
we were both feeding the young at the same time. I am very curious
to see what will happen when the young leave the nest .
3:35 About 3:00 I wished to get some shots at Brownie on the oval
lawn with a 4" telephoto lens, set up the camera and marked a point
15 feet away for the subject, who was not there. The plan was for me
to go and get her and then have Julio, whom she knows, place her on
as the remote control was not long enough to enable me to do it all.
the spot marked A. (4" Wollensack lens, F4.5, with F6.3 stop, full
sun) I found Brownie near the berry patch about 200 feet away,
tossed her a worm and then, by whistling and calling, induced her to
follow me to the oval lawn, where I made no further overtures and
Julio furnished the inducements. This was naturally confusing to
the bird, as she persisted in coming to me at the camera and could
not understand why I seemed to be no longer interested in her.
However, Julio got her approximately "on the spot" and I got--I
this hope --perhaps a foot. (Note: Just before I got 4 feet, 64½ to 68½
with the 1") Index stands now at 69½.
June 1st. Brownie made several trips to me at the oval lawn about
8:30 to get worms. About 9:15 she was singing a few snatches from
the top of the old oak, but soon came down for more worms, taking
them all to the nest. I followed and found her very hungry herself.
arrived at the foot of the tree
Greenie joined before long, announcing his approach by a series of
"scrips" which immediately aroused interest in the youngsters, who
surged up so powerfully that Brownie had to do some fancy stepping
about to keep from being pushed out of the picture. Greenie took
so long to select the exact route through the branches that every-
body lost interest in his movements, despite his continued scripping,
and the youngsters settled down for a nap. However, he finally arrived
at the nest