54 OUT WITH THE BIRDS 



son phalaropes were present, the big important 

 females much in evidence and grunting peevishly 

 at our intrusion. Here also were half a dozen 

 midget least sandpipers. They were employing 

 their short stop-over in feeding in the green 

 grass shooting from the moist sod, and also in 

 making love. One little chap apparently had 

 been successful at the latter occupation, 

 pastime, or duty — whatever you will — for he had 

 an inseparable, and the two held quite aloof 

 from the rest of the flock and plainly were the 

 only sandpipers in the whole wide world. 



