The reedy pools and backwaters in this canadon were, without exception, the most glorious paradise of wildfowl that I have ever seen.
An Indian trader, accompanied by a few tents of Indians, had taken up quarters near the River Califate, a spot formerly inhabited by wildfowl only.
Comprising a Short Natural History of the Wildfowl that are Rare or Common to the British Islands, with Complete Directions in Shooting Wildfowl on the Coast and Inland.
Once inside the Kaipara Harbour a large expanse of rather uninteresting water is available, but the rivers which flow into it are wide and picturesque, afford excellent wildfowl shooting, and are the home of the trade in Kauri timber.
The international wildfowlcensuses as a basis for wetland evaluation and hunting rationalization.
The average annual bag of each species of wildfowl is given in Table 2 and the open season for each species of seabirds in Table 3.
I had hunted the fox with them--very little to my credit; and shot wildfowl in their company with better success.
All were on horseback, riding in clouds and companies without the discipline of a march, but moving as swift as a flight of wildfowl at twilight.
At the Moon of Stags it will flow, and by the Moon of Wildfowl it will have stained the sea.
It was very cold and the wind seemed fresher, for the trees were rustling and moaning, and the calling of distant wildfowl came up through the increasing murmur of the surf.
It was some time later when he heard a double report that sounded a long way off and he stopped to listen, when the clamor of the wildfowl broke out again.
When they had left it behind them the lane of water was empty except for one small dark patch upon it, and the clamor of the wildfowl was dying away.
He shouted, but there was no answer; only the crying of wildfowl and the ripple of the tide broke the silence.
The empty space beyond it looked black and lonely, and the mournful crying of wildfowl came out of the gloom, but at some distance a beam from a lighthouse cast its reflection upon the sloppy sand.
Then there's good wildfowl shooting in the bays, along our coast.
On the grouse moor they may be found in some sod drain or other hiding-place amongst the peat and heather, near a pool or pools containing fish, and frequented by wildfowl as well as frogs and such small deer.
This under coat is worn by the Chesapeake Bay dog, a breed of retriever much used by wildfowl shooters in America.
Comprising a Short Natural History of the Wildfowl that are Rare or Common to the British Islands, with complete directions in Shooting Wildfowl on the Coast and Inland.
Then a sheet of water stretched out almost under my feet, and thousands of wildfowl rose and fled noisily, to fall again into further pools with splash and mighty clatter.
A pair of ospreys, on their journey south for the winter, made the water their home for a few days, to the consternation of the wildfowl and the delight of the other troutfishers.
Some naiad Circe combs her hair far below the weeds, and has bewitched the wildfowl and the green cold water.
Like other large stretches of Surrey water, the lake has become the home of wildfowl once passing from the stage of rarity to extinction, but now increasing and more often seen.
No frost ever sets ice on the millpond, it is said, and in hard winters wildfowl flock to it.
With the abundance of wildfowl and game and the harvest of corn stored away, this was an ideal time for feasting.
Feathers fromwildfowl were also carefully saved for beds and pillows.
Be it premised that while, in the season, the wildfowl myriads were always present, it by no means followed that the sportsman was always sure of a bag.
Numberless crows, blackbirds, and wildfowlcrossed and recrossed the very blue sky.
Realizing the hopelessness of the situation we had been confining ourselves so strictly to quail that my brother had begun to be a little sceptical of our wildfowl tales.
Over their eastern ramparts the sun rose to look upon a chill and frosty world; behind their western barriers the sun withdrew, leaving soft air, purple shadows, and the flight of dim, far wildfowl across a saffron sky.
Hardly had the shock of this first stupendous rise of wildfowlspent itself before another and larger flight roared up.
Flock after flock stooped toward the little pond, setting their wings and dropping with the extraordinary confidence wildfowl sometimes exhibit.
To hardy sportsmen of their type, wildfowl offer red-letter days with punt or shoulder guns, not to be dreamt of under the ægis of the gamekeeper.
As for the sport, from all that I can learn it is largely a thing of the past so far as duck andwildfowl are concerned.
A favourite haunt for wildfowl is this lake in spring and autumn, but big game and fur have been nearly killed out by the large population, and most of the Indian trade is done at the out-posts nearer to the hunting-grounds.
Wildfowl of every description swarm during the spring and autumn migrations, for after nesting on the Siberian steppes they go down to the Sunny South in winter.
The cold weather having brought wildfowl of all descriptions I was off betimes next morning to some islands in the Yangtse, a few miles down river.
Ben, then David, then Tom, followed, making more noise between them than all the wildfowl on the island put together.
In five minutes they were all in the ocean, frisky as a school of porpoises, making enough noise to scare any wildfowl away.
Suddenly the brooding wildfowl rose from the bosom of the lake, soared in the air, and, uttering mournful shrieks, whirled in agitated tumult.
At dawn this morning Mr. Smith and Warrup started on the horses in search of his boot; and I spent the day in shooting wildfowl and various kind of game, as well as in collecting words from the natives for my vocabulary.
There was plenty of wildfowl upon these pools and Ugat soon shot some for us.
The hippos were blowing in the river a little below them; long flights of storks were winding through the clear air; multitudes of duck, geese, and other wildfowl were raising their clamour upon the waters.
When Meredith had shot enough wildfowl and red-billed francolin, he and Jacoba would stroll up to the camp-fire as the dusk fell.
Aloft an eagle is already on the move, and a hawk or two, no doubt meditating descent upon some of the wildfowl on the vlei.
I attached little importance to such things, yet the coincidence of the wildfowl and the sand-grouse was remarkable, and I told Du Plessis what I had dreamed.
There was not foothold for the hardiest cliff climber that ever risked his life in search of wildfowl eggs.
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