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variety in its food. Rabbits, moles, rats, 

 mice, beetles, and frogs are brought to 

 it. I have spent many days altogether 

 at the Buzzard's nest, well concealed from 

 view so that the birds should not see 

 me. At one nest, after waiting nine 

 hours, I thought that perhaps the best 

 time to photograph the birds would be 

 in the early morning, as I had not had 

 much success during the day. I noticed 

 that enough food had been placed in the 

 nest to last the one youngster some 

 hours, and this had been brought in the 

 early morning. So I tramped the four 

 miles back to my little inn, had a good 

 meal, and at ten o'clock at night was 

 once more back in my hiding place. I 

 remained there all through the night, 

 and quite early in the morning, before 

 it was light enough to expose a plate, 

 the hen Buzzard left the nest, where 

 she had been brooding over her baby 

 all night, flew out over the moor, and 



