National Geographic : 1932 Sep
A BLUE GOOSE ATTRACTED BY CORN BAIT IN THE LOUISIANA MARSHLAND The author spent long hours in a blind waiting for blue geese to come to scattered corn bait. Boat-tailed grackles promptly came tothe feast and their presence may have caused the solitary blue goose that came in to investigate this strange food. Photographs byGeorge Shiras, 3d CANVASBACK DUCKS, RAINEY REFUGE, LOUISIANA Before the author visited this refuge, in February, 1927, a fresh-water lake adjoining the clubhouse was entirely covered with the banana waterlily, which attracted more than 5o,ooo canvasback and scaups. But when the author arrived, these plants had allbeen eaten, and only asingle flock of canvasback remained to be pictured.