The Bookshelf for boys and girls: Nature and Outdoor Life (1912)
University Society, New York · New York. : University Society · leaf 70
of exercising their wings;so the next time we climbed the tree with thecamera, they were apparently full-grown, strongin climbing, but, to our advantage, weak in flying. We are not likely to forget the day we climbedthe stump to picture the young flickers. The fullsignificance of the task had not… … ON GUARD. stump-top, where they sat in the warm sunshine,stretching, fluffing, bowing, and preening. They liked to clingto our clothing. Acoat sleeve was easierclimbing than a tree-trunk, and it was softerto penetrate with apeck. There was astreak of ambition inthe soul of each flickerthat would…
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