Image: Pictures of bird life - on woodland meadow, mountain and marsh (1903) (14563611669)

Description: Identifier: picturesofbirdli00lodg (find matches) Title: Pictures of bird life : on woodland meadow, mountain and marsh Year: 1903 (1900s) Authors: Lodge, R. B Subjects: Birds -- Pictorial works Publisher: London : S. H. Bousfield Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: e nearest inn. A party of four spent ten days in such a yacht inMay, 1899, living in the midst of oin- feathered friends, anda most enjoyable time we had. Our e\ening meals underthe awning over the boom, while we discussed the eventsof the day and om- plans for the morrow, were enliAcnedby the drumming of a Snipe across the river: and thelatest sounds as we turned in for the night were theripple of the water past our bows, the reeling of theGrasshopper-warblers, and the Sedge-warblers chattering inthe reeds. In the immediate neighbourhood of our boat we foundseveral nests of the Bearded Tit, and saw every daysome of the birds, ^lost beautiful and most distinguished-looking of all our native birds they seem to me, and itis a thousand pities they are getting so scarce. I amglad to say our party had, before starting, resolved not totake a single egg of the Bearded Tit during oiu stay. It is easy enough to find the nests if you know howand where to look; but you must be prepared to wade. Text Appearing After Image: 212 Pictures of Bird Life and to wade deep. For, with a long experienee in wadingin various out-of-the-way parts of the world, I must say thatwadino- in the Broads is about the trickiest of any. ^Many atime, vvliile wading with a good firm bottom in about tluee feetof water, I ha\e suddenly, and without the slightest warning,gone plump through a deep hole in the Hoor, so to say,u)) to my shoulders, and then have been unable to touchthe bottom. For this reason it is necessary to carry anoar, or a (piant (as a ))imt-pole is called in the Broads).The edges of these holes are luckily firm, and, with thehelp of an oar, you can get your knee o\er and struggleup again ; but they are exceedingly dangerous. A quant is also a most useful tool with which topoke about among the reeds and sedge, and in searchingfor Bearded Tits and Heed-warblers nests it is almostindispensable. By parting the reeds in front of you as youadvance slowly, and as quietly as possible, you can see thenests of th Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.
Title: Pictures of bird life - on woodland meadow, mountain and marsh (1903) (14563611669)
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