Tite; AUD UB ON BU IE TDN 17 
| cee by E R. Tieiineon 
KINGBIRD FLEDGLING 
‘The next attempt was more successful. A sudden storm twisted off 
a limb of an old apple tree and dumped three young Kingbirds on the 
ground. It destroyed their nest but not their appetites. After setting them 
on the edge of a hole in the hollow trunk I placed the blind about six feet 
away, slipped a three-inch lens on my Filmo, and found that the young 
birds just filled the screen. ‘They looked surprised and dignified. Inside 
of ten minutes the old bird had sized up the situation, resumed her job and 
was ramming helpless insects down their open gullets. By switching on 
the double speed mechanism I got some interesting semi-slow motion footage. 
