. [Articles about birds from National geographic magazine]. Birds. Phutu bv George Sliiras, 3rd VIEW OF SKILAK LAKE FROM OUR CAMP (SEE PAGE 439) A COW MOOSE THAT BECAME SELF- EDUCATED "Caribou Island Camp, "August I/—Titer., 74-38. "Just before noon the wind veered to the south, coming well offshore. Char- lie paddled me across the bay to the blind and then went after a mess of partridges. "I was hardly in ambush before the old cow moose was at a mud hole op- posite, drinking a gallon or two of the muddy mixture. So active was the ef- fect upon the salivary glands that long
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. [Articles about birds from National geographic magazine]. Birds. Phutu bv George Sliiras, 3rd VIEW OF SKILAK LAKE FROM OUR CAMP (SEE PAGE 439) A COW MOOSE THAT BECAME SELF- EDUCATED "Caribou Island Camp, "August I/—Titer., 74-38. "Just before noon the wind veered to the south, coming well offshore. Char- lie paddled me across the bay to the blind and then went after a mess of partridges. "I was hardly in ambush before the old cow moose was at a mud hole op- posite, drinking a gallon or two of the muddy mixture. So active was the ef- fect upon the salivary glands that long strings of saliva drooled to the ground (see also pages 443 and 448). ''Determined to try for a close picture and to test her disposition when thus interrupted, I boldly walked in view, crossing the bare and much-trampled field to within 50 feet. She stood broad- side, head up, and unquestionably look- ing at me out of one eye, but to all ap- pearances utterly indiiferent to my ap- proach (see page 451). Taking a pic- ture, I went a little closer, when she turned away without looking, and again the camera recorded the scene. "While changing plate-holders, I was surprised to see the moose turn about and come toward me on a slow trot. To th-e uninitiated this would probably have meant a bold charge, and to the nature faker sufficient grounds for an excitino- story. The animal was now so close that I could notice the nostrils working convulsively, and could see that if let alone she would pass to my leeward about five feet—the first position in which she could get the scent without coming at me directly (see page 453). "Wishing to avoid alarming her so soon, I backed across the field to the edge of the marsh, but she still followed. Turning my back to the animal, I walked ahead, and upon reaching a place where the ground was almost impassable with fallen timber, I stopped. By this time I noticed that she had crossed my tracks, and thinking perhaps I was mistaken abo