Bird Notes, Part 1, v658
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(183) 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