Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 88
dgeon, or baldpate, is one of theworst offenders. Unable to dive in deepwater for food itself, it filches scraps of weedfrom the bills of deep-diving ducks as theycome to the surface. This habit is especiallynoticeable in winter when the shallowerwaters are frozen. The redhead is the prin-cipal… … Widgeon Robbing Red Heads. a couple of jaegers came along, com-pletely puzzled at the changed habits oftheir former fishermen. Presently what Itook for a third jaeger shot into the maze ofcircling gulls, and for an instant I wasastounded, for as he came in contact with agull there was a slight…
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