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a Spotted Sandpiper probing- in the mud for 

 its breakfast. 



He eyed me curiously for a moment, then 

 strutted around to the other side of the bog- 

 and peered at me from his concealment. 



Satisfying- himself that he was in no imme- 

 diate dang-er, he half walked, half flew, to his 

 morning- meal ag-ain. But as soon as I took 

 another step forward he flew off, and I did not 

 see him ag-ain. 



After plodding- around in the mud for some 

 minutes,— during- which time I accidently 

 filled one of my boots with water, — I found a 

 hole in an old birch-post which had once been 

 part of a fence. A Prothonotary Warbler 

 flew from a hole in the opposite side in 

 response to a sharp rap from a stick which I 

 carried. I was delig-hted, for this was the 

 first nest of this species that I had ever found. 

 It contained three eg-g-s. 



This post had probably been used by this 

 same pair of birds for some time, as there 

 were four holes at different heig-hts from the 

 one occupied by this year's nest, and they all 

 contained remains of old nests. 



Further on, I came across a Yellow Warb- 

 ler's nest, which was placed in the fork of a 

 willow that stood ten feet or more from the 



