MEERA DUB ONSBULECE TDN 1 
My apparatus requires 
a between-the-lens shutter 
and the one I use has a max- 
imum speed of 1/200  sec- 
ond. ‘This is much too slow 
to “stop” the motion of one 
of these fast-flying little crea- 
tures. 
about me as I worked and 
soon learned that it might 
be worth their while to in- 
vestigate. “[wice one firmly 
planted his broad, webbed 
feet in the sand and tugged 
at the rock bass so carefully 
arranged.to attract a mink. 
‘They kept me busy rebaiting. 
Herring Gulls circled 
I came to the beach one 
morning on my usual rounds. 
The first set was untouched. 
The sun was well up but 
the air was still fresh and 
the lake quiet and it was 
pleasant to stand for a mo- 
ment and contemplate. I 
perCenae yes Shia ee cory moved on slowly. ‘The sec- 
ond set also disappointed me 
but as I stood cogitating the 
next move, I heard the dull 
boom of the flash at the set I had just left and looking up quickly saw 
the white smoke drift slowly up above the trees iri a compact mass and 
dissipate as a vagrant breeze touched it. 
BLUE JAY 
No time was lost in a hurried return. Probably a squirrel, I thought, 
or chipmunk had skipped gayly across the trip-wire again. Certainly, 
such as they would not find rock bass irresistible. Either a pull on the 
bait or an accidental pressure on the wire connecting bait to trip would dis- 
charge the flash. 
It was a pleasant surprise to see clearly etched, close to the bait, the 
long-toed, seven inch track of a bird. It must be that of a Great Blue 
Heron. Again our trails had crossed. Less fastidious, this one, than those 
seen seeking their meals fresh and wriggling. A fish was a fish to him, 
dead or alive. 
None of the birds coming to my set has ever returned after the flash, 
