42 THE AUDUBON BULLETIN 
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A flock of seven lovely Evening Grosbeaks remained from December 
to March. I scattered seeds for them in many places where they fre- 
quented, but obtained no picture of them. They spent most of their time 
feeding on hack-berry seeds which were quite abundant in the trees nearby. 
A person endeavoring to photograph birds should not become easily 
discouraged. Many times I have pulled the thread as the bird was leaving 
or had just left the camera’s eye. A number of my pictures contain only 
partial figures of the birds. Another obstacle encountered is the difficulty 
one has in focusing the camera correctly. Wherever the seed or suet 1s, 
care must be taken to focus the camera for a certain position, and patience 
is often needed to wait until the bird is on the exact, focussed spot. 
Kanding Events of 1934 
One of the most thrilling events of the year was the catching of a 
young Blue Goose. There had been reports from the State Game warden 
that there was a “funny-looking’”’ Goose about the harbor. After some 
unsuccessful attempts to locate the goose we tried “‘snipe-hunting’ with 
a flashlight and a bag. We worked on the lake shore and found our bird 
in a very short time and in a few minutes had it in the bag, but by the 
time we arrived home we had as many, if not more, “Goose Bugs” on us 
than-on the Goose. “The bird was measured, sketched, banded, and re- 
leased at the Jake shore and the last we saw, it was still flying North. 
Another outstanding thrill was a hybrid Red-shafted Flicker. Every 
shaft in the tail contained red or rose, and considerable reddish color on 
the feathers in the wing. Three of the primaries in each wing were reddish 
but the rest were yellow. At least there was enough red to give us a real 
thrill, and it is recorded on our books as a hybrid Red-shafted Flicker. 
An adult Woodcock was trapped. When we approached, it strutted 
and kept on strutting. We ran for a camera and now have a fair photo 
to record our only experience of a Woodcock performing. 
On the trip to the Great Lakes Island to band Gulls, Herons, and 
‘Terns, we struck conditions that were far better than before; in six days 
we were out of bands with over four thousand on birds. The shortage of 
Black Ducks was very noticeable. Usually we catch several, but this year 
none was caught and only a very few were seen. . 
In 1932 we found a Kingbird’s nest on a fallen tree that was about 
