Camera Trails Along Nature Trails

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CAMERA TRAILS Along NATURE TRAILS
A natural color series of motion pictures
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DICK BIRD, A.R.P.S., F.Z.S.
Canadian Naturalist — Photographer
A colorful and spectacular panorama of nature, an avian pageant in review.  Different, dramatic and colourful.

From poker faced owls to tiny, energetic chickadees, from the strange and unconscious comedy of white pelicans to the astonishing nuptial antics of the western grebe.  Rare intimacy in the family lives of bluebirds, warblers, wrens, grebes, avocets, ducks and shore birds.

Enchanting nature patterns of dew drenched spider webs.  Colourful insects.  Large and small animals in their natural environment seemingly unaware of the fact that their life routines were being recorded through the camera eye by this keen and understanding student of nature with the skill and devotion of an artist.


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Mr. Bird has in addition to his pictures of bird life, the following mammal sequences at this time but might find it advisable to discard in favour of better material shot in the field between now and next autumn.


MOOSE.  Families, Bull, Cow and Calf; Good Bull heads; Animals feeding in water, heads beneath surface, bringing up succulent roots from lake bed.
DEER.  White tails, males and females; newly born fawns.  Good heads.  Animals grazing in woods and in the clearings.
BEAR.  Black bears.  Males, females and cubs.  Frolicking and searching for food in woods and open spaces.  Good close-ups.
MOUNTAIN  GOAT.  Good poses on rock outcroppings.  Groups, Good heads.  Kids.  Males and females.
MOUNTAIN  SHEEP.  Good ram heads.  Females and young.  Animals browsing.  Groups and individuals.
ELK.  Good stag heads.  Females and young.  Browsing on mountain sides.
BEAVER.  Feeding on poplars.  Building lodge.  Close-ups of feeding.  Beaver dams.  Work of the animals.  Beaver kits.
BADGER.  Animal at work excavating.  Close-ups.
COYOTES.  Adult animals and young near den.  Animals on the prowl.
SQUIRRELS.  Usual antics of these with cones in conifers.
MARMOTS.  Feeding and posing.
PIKA.  Cute shots of these animals.  Storage of grasses for winter.
CHIPMUNKS.  Extreme close-ups using forepaws and teeth to shell small seeds and eat.
TURTLES.  Extreme close-ups heads of Texas gopher turtles.  Shows how creature is protected inside shell by retracted extremities.
RED FOXES.  Sunning near den.
PORCUPINES.  In trees and in the open.  Close-ups of barbs etc.
MUSKRATS.  Houses.  Animals feeding, swimming and playing.
MULE DEER.  On range.  Heads of males and females.
GROUND SQUIRRELS, GOPHERS.  Usual cute shots of animal around burrows.

It might be noted that all these animals are caught in the wild, there are no captive or zoo specimens among them.


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