THE BIRD DIARY 179 



dow, to join their parents and first-brood broth- 

 ers. For even in Manitoba this bird nests twice. 



As we returned along the slough, the actions 

 of the snipe tribe were noteworthy. The willet 

 were more numerous than usual, and one flock 

 had a dozen members. Some of these big fellows 

 were out on a bare sod knoll, and in company 

 with a few lesser yellowlegs were busy stalking 

 insects. Judging by the antics of the birds, their 

 prey was grasshoppers. A few big, brown god- 

 wit cousins were also along the shallows. These 

 noisy chaps usually collect in large flocks before 

 moving southward. 



But the real treat of the day came in the even- 

 ing, when thirty great white pelicans, strung out 

 in line, sailed over camp from the eastward, and 

 with their huge ten-foot spread of wings, flap- 

 ping and soaring alternately, they went out to 

 the center of the open lake. Worthy foemen 

 these, for the kodaker's steel! 



Received a note from a friend, stating that a 

 pair of eagles were nesting in the sand-hills. One 

 young one, just able to fly, had been shot. Come 

 at once if pictures desired. 



Aug. 7- Off early on a ten-mile cross-country 

 jaunt, loaded for eagle, with kodak supplies; 



