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tree; probably had been shot and lodged there. Some of the trees with nests 

 were rather close together, and many held two, three, and a few as many as 

 four nests. 



Selecting a tree near two trees, each of which contained two nests, I was 

 soon up where I could command a view of nearly the entire herony, and it was 

 certainly a fine sight, nests nearby and far away in each direction. I could see 



"THE GREAT BIRDS WERE FLYING TOO AND FRO" 



sixty-three nests from my position, and thirty-seven had birds on them or 

 standing on a limb above them. Many birds were perched on the tip-top of the 

 nest-trees, standing motionless like statues outlined against the wooded hill. 

 Birds were coming up the valley from the lake, their great wings flapping 

 slowly, then, as they neared the nest- tree, the legs were brought forward and 

 with a few quick flaps they alighted on the end of a limb, flapping their wings a 

 few times to regain their balance. If there were young in the nest, as there 



