CONTENTS 



Page 



Preface 11 



Introduction 13 



Bird Personalities and Habits 17 



Bird Migration 19 



Identification, Nest-building, General Field Observations 22 



Photographing Birds 29 



Photographic Equipment 39 



The Umbrella Tent 43 



The Great Bird-Breeding Rookeries 46 



Big Bird Island : Laguna de la Madre 51 



Herring Gull 57 



Laughing Gull 59 



Least Tern 61 



Black Skimmer 63 



Snake-Bird 65 



Cormorant 70 



American Brown Pelican 72 



Roseate Spoonbill 76 



White Ibis 78 



Great Blue Heron 80 



Snowy Heron 84 



Louisiana Heron 88 



Little Blue Heron 89 



Little Green Heron 91 



Tiimpkin 93 



Bob-White 94 



Passenger Pigeon 96 



Mourning Dove 97 



Black Vulture 99 



Golden Eagle 102 



Bald Eagle 104 



Sparrow Hawk 107 



Audubon's Caracara 109 



American Osprey 110 



Long-eared Owl Ill 



