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THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC IMAGAZINE 



THE DIXXER CALL IX THE RED-WIXGED ULACKBIRD HOME 



His black body and scarlet shoulder patches cause the Red-wing to be easily recognized 

 about ponds and marshes of all parts of our country. He likes to tie his home in the reeds 

 a foot or so above the water. 



Both ]iarents were very solicitotis for 

 the young bird in the cave. Several times, 

 as we sat at the entrance very quietly, 

 one of the parents, perhaps the mother, 

 edged up within three feet. 



The most surprising thing in all my 

 bird experience was when the mother 

 reached over and nibbled the sleeve of 

 the camera man. Both old birds were 

 near by. Occasionally they would caress 

 each other. 



To test the parents further, the camera 

 man reached down into the cave, and 



when the Aoung Condor began to hiss, the 

 mother edged clown and nipped the 

 camera man gently on the gloved hand. 

 Jle loosed the glove slightly and she 

 began tugging at it. He let the glove 

 sliji from his hand, anil for a moment it 

 hung in her bill ; then she laid it at her 

 feet. 



IIUN'I'tXG BIRnS IN THE ARIZON.'V DESERT 



At first sight one might not select the 

 desert as a retreat for a bird-lover. A 

 friend who had lived in Arizona told us 



