DAILY DOINGS 



of a slim bush. Later we went back hoping to catch 

 the mother; and I assure you that to find the nest when 

 by itself was one thing, but to find that nest when the 

 adult bird was on it was quite another. Such a mar- 

 velous blending of feathers into leaves! Such abso- 

 lute immobility! Although you knew that by stand- 

 ing at a certain spot and sighting the base of a certain 

 sapling you must look straight at the woodcock nestled 

 into the brown leaves, still you failed to see the bird! 

 As to taking pictures, of course we tried it; no one 

 could resist the temptation, and we hoped that the 

 sensitive film might reveal what we wished to see. 

 There was not the least difficulty about arranging the 

 tripod or long exposure, for the clever bird sat like a 

 statue. But the results were nil. 



May 7. Yesterday we counted thirty-four species of 

 birds on our place: towhee, golden-crowned kinglet, 

 humming bird, kingfisher, Bonaparte gulls, phcebe, 

 Baltimore oriole, rose-breasted grosbeak, indigo bunt- 

 ing, redstart, Maryland yellowthroat, a female palm 

 warbler, myrtle and chestnut-sided warblers, flickers, 



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