The Snowy Plover 



The first nesting occurs in late April or early May, and the second in 

 middle or late June. The second nesting is often undertaken in company 

 with Least Terns (Sternula antillarum browni), if such are to be found. 

 This association is often very close, insomuch that Mr. O. P. Silliman, 

 observing the birds at Monterey Bay, believes that it is individual. A 

 tern's nest means a plover's nest within a dozen feet or less, with an inter- 

 val of fifty feet or so separating this consociation from the next paired 

 pairs. In the Carpinteria nesting of 1915, I found two eggs of the tern 

 which had been deposited in a nest already containing three of the 

 plover. But this was undoubtedly a hostile move on the tern's part, 

 rather than a consummated friendship. 



Hatching day is a day of manifold anxieties in ploverdom. The old 



Taken near Santa Barbara 



THE CHOICE OF A LANDSCAPE ARTIST 



Photo by the Author 



nest, which may have attracted unwelcome attention by now, is forsaken 

 as soon as possible. One by one the babies are spirited away in different 

 directions, and when they are left under some sort of cover they are 



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