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A BLUE HERON'S ELEVATED XE 



formerly nested near the Pelicans and 

 Herons have moved farther to the West. 

 They can be reached only by traversing 

 shallow waters in a canoe, and wading 

 through a heavy growth of tules. Years 

 ago a small colony of Caspian Terns were 



neighbors to the Gulls; but this colony 

 seems to have been exterminated, or has 

 moved to some undiscovered part of the 

 lake, for Warden Furber has not been abU 

 to find the homes of these birds. 



We spent one night at Laird, in northern 

 California, which is at the southwestern 

 corner of the Lower Klamath. The next 

 day we cruised along the southern and 

 eastern borders of the lake, expecting to 

 find the Western Grebes at their nesting- 

 site, but though we saw many birds, only 

 a few nests were discovered. While these 

 birds have had careful protection for the 

 past seven years, they are not yet very 

 numerous. The raids of the plume- 

 hunters, years ago, were so effective in 

 this part of the lake that few Grebes sur- 

 vived, and it will take many years of pro- 

 tection to enable these birds to regain 

 their former abundance. 



Wild Ducks are common on the Klamath 

 marshes, and with little difficulty we dis- 

 covered nests of the Redhead and Pintail. 

 Canvasbacks and Cinnamon Teals were 

 seen in large numbers. Many families of 

 Canada Geese were encountered, the young 

 in no case old enough to fly. Of Coots 

 there seemed to be no end. Many Avocets 

 and Black-necked Stilts were found, and 

 photographs were made of the nests and 

 eggs of both species. 



BUILDING A BLIND OF TULES, FROM WHICH TO PHOTOGRAPH 

 WHITE PELICANS AT KLAMATH LAKE 



