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Plover. However, while we were waiting for two or three birds, it took no 

 longer to wait for a dozen, so we didn't mind adding a new one to the list. 



Black Terns paid us a visit during this time. We first noticed them flying 

 over the water. Later they came and perched on the fence-posts. Another 

 camera was brought out and focused on the favorite post. In a short time we 



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had several exposures of the new visitors. Then, after four or five days, they 

 disappeared and we saw them no more during our stay. 



Killdeers came in large numbers and in the usual voice. Now and then they 

 came to our pools but they were not at all addicted to this; they used the 

 Point more as a resting-place. Our real occupation was photographing Sand- 

 pipers and the others gave us relaxation. 



At first our nights were useless, merely sleeping and waiting for tomorrow. 

 Finally we thought of making use of the automatic flash-gun to get the Great 

 Blue Heron. They were noisy and numerous at night but during the day we 

 saw them only at a distance. After a north wind had strewn the shore with 

 dead fish we could hear them quarreling, and we judged there must be a dozen 

 or more, so after the photographic day had closed we opened a photographic 

 night. We set up two cameras and connected them with a flash-gun. Then a 

 thread was attached to the electric switch and led to a dead fish placed in the 

 water close to shore. Then we retired to camp, had supper, and waited for the 

 explosion. Sometimes it would come just at dusk, sometimes at midnight, and 



