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A BI-MONTHLY MAGAZINE 



DEVOTED TO THE STUDY AND PROTECTION OF BIRDS 



Official Organ of The Audubon Societies 



Vol. XXI 



January— February, 1919 



No. 1 



When the North Wind Blows* 



By A. A. ALLEN, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Ornithology, Cornell University 

 With photographs by the .Author 



THE winter Ducks offer another opportunity for the l)ird photographer. 

 Every winter there are large flocks of Canvasbacks, Scaups, and Red- 

 heads on Cayuga Lake. There are certain weed-beds upon which they 

 feed, but none of them brings the birds close enough to the shore for successful 

 photography. It is not difiicult, however, when one locates the feeding-place 

 of a flock, to bait them up to a blind by scattering a good supply of corn from 

 the bed where they are feeding up to the shore. An amusing incident occurred 

 last winter in such a blind that will illustrate how close the l)irds can be 

 drawn in. 



There was a small flock of Black Ducks frequenting the spot where the 

 Canvasbacks were being fed in about four feet of water. They were able to 



♦Concluded from Bird-Lore for December, igtS 



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