May, 1922 
FOREST AND STREAM 
229 
WATER BIRDS AT 
SHELL POINT 
(Continued from page 207) 
with a sight of their new spring suits. 
Whenever I have gone out in the open 
I have been greeted by the noisy alarm 
icall of the willets. Three or four pairs 
are settled back on the flats behind the 
shanty and at their first glimpse of some- 
one on the ridge one or more of the big 
jbirds come forward to protest the in- 
itrusion and “Beat it, beat it,” “Quit, 
tquit” are demanded in most emphatic 
terms. Handsome, robust birds they are 
and show up when a-wing, with a broad, 
white line through the wings and across 
'the back in a groundwork of mottled 
lirownish-gray. When at rest or running 
along the ground, the broad, white mark- 
ings are concealed by the folded wings 
and they appear as immense snipe-like 
[birds. They probably have eggs now, al- 
though the closest hunting I can give 
has failed to discover them. These birds 
{have a pretty fashion of salute as one 
;comes down to the ground and alights 
Jclose by another. The wings are gently 
[raised to full extent directly upward until 
[their tips quite meet, the feathers being 
[fanned out for full display and then as 
gently the wings are lowered into place. 
Doubtless this is the love token and is to 
be observed most frequently in April, 
soon after the birds have arrived from 
their winter sojourn to the South. 
j"THE forecaster made good and a cold 
nor’easter was with us in the earliest 
[morning. We were all out before sun- 
lup and a stroll back on the sand flats 
proved of much interest. Many birds 
were there on a low tide, for the feeding 
seemed to be especially good after the 
surface had been under water for many 
'lours. 
I Along the borders of the small, zig- 
zagging stream numerous herons were 
[standing in wait for victims or in case of 
:he “Silver Grays” they went scurrying 
ibout in a shoal chasing and thrusting 
vith evident success as was evidenced by 
he white gleaming captive shown for an 
nstant before it disappeared. One statc- 
y old fellow in blue and gray stood silent 
md waiting until the coming of his de- 
sire when with two or three most stealthy 
steps the javelin was cast and the deed 
vas done. 
Out there on the bare sands the glasses 
, show hundreds of birds of several sorts — 
andpipers in variety, plovers and dow- 
tchers, willets and rail. Of the latter, 
he rush-covered marsh for long dis- 
ances about these flats swarm with the 
arger species. The Florida clapper rail, 
hat now have young running about ; 
vhile out here on the short grass-covered 
flat adjoining those tall, close rushes I 
see two or three sora that have lingered 
ong and surely will soon begin their 
ourney northward. Already they have 
some out in their nuptial array and their 
)right, yellow-green bills glisten from 
way across the flats as I view the feed- 
ng birds in nervous jerking motions 
scurrying about. 
' Returning to the shanty, I find break- 
ast under way but not ready and so fill 
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