I^e might halt long enough in our journey up the river to SQ"^ some of those 

 air tourists -- and also some of the stay-at-homes. 



Lots of mallards there, you see. 



Notice the glistening green heads "bobhing around there on the water — and 

 the white collars. 



Scaups, too. Or maybe you call them bluebills, or broadbills, or black- 

 heads . 



We may see a few '^ood ducks, and teal, and pintails, and goldeneyes as wb 

 move along, too. 



But look over there on the beach of that lake just ahead of us. 



Shorebirds of some kind wading around there. 



They look like snipe. I bet the fellow who went snipe hunting, and got 

 left to spend the night in the hills thinlcs that snipe are a fake. But there 

 are two snipe as big as life, poking their big long bills into the mud after ' 

 worms and larvae. 



Probably some sandpipers, and woodcock, and plovers, and ye 11 owl eg s in the 

 neighborhood, too. I landerstand those birds also pass along this way and loaf 

 around here for a time. 



But, look out fiat's that? 



Well sir, did you see that flock of quail shoot up out of the grass there 

 end whizz right up past my nose? Almost scared me to death. I thought my time 

 had come for sure. 



^e ought to see a lot of other game birds up through here, too — maybe 

 some pheasants, and prairie chickens, and ruffed grouse. 



But we haven't seen a single animal in all this time, have we? 



Well, just wait. You'll see plenty before long. These bottomland meadows 

 and patches of woodlaiid are literally alive with fur-bearers of this and that 

 kind. 



What did I tell you I Look at the rabbit scampering into tha.t pile of 

 brush. Likely something chasing it. 



Sure enough'. A fox right behind it. 



We'll likely see more foxes, too — and raccoons — and even wolves. 



And if you got to looking around some of those hollow trees, you'd 

 probably also get a glimpse of some squirrels. 



But let's hurr - along. I have a surprise for you. 



