Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 781
eir precious eggs longer thanusual, for the season was well advanced, and theeggs must cool at least once a day. The first of the herons came flapping up fromthe marsh, leisurely, as is their way, with headindrawn and straight-out bill pointing the direc-tion in which they are going, their long… … ONE OSPREY ON GUARD WHEN THE OTHER GOES.IN SEARCH OF FOOD. dcnly into the air with cries of Quark-quark,filled with consternation, for in her own nest,and in all the others around hers, the eggs werebroken, the nests torn down, and havoc every-where. Her cries, as she circled above the…
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