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covered island we found three nests of 

 the Grey-lag Goose, and at one of these 

 we built a hiding place for myself and 

 the camera. Fortunately there is plenty 

 of heather, and there are few things 

 that make a better hiding place than 

 this. The following day I went inside 

 my small heather tent, and I did not 

 have to wait more than two hours before 

 I saw the Goose stalking slowly through 

 the heather towards her nest. Knowing 

 what a shy bird the Wild Goose is, I 

 did not attempt to take a photograph 

 until she had settled down and was 

 thoroughly at her ease. Even then I 

 had to be very careful not to make a 

 sound, for I know by experience how 

 the slightest sound will scare her. When 

 I had secured a good series of bioscope 

 pictures of her I had some lunch, and a 

 very slight rustle of the paper in which 

 this was wrapped had the effect of 

 scaring my bird away. I waited another 



