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

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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.
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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

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