. Bird studies with a camera : with introductory chapters on the outfit and methods of the bird photographer . Birds; Photography of birds. lu; ) STUDIES WITH A CAMERA Obviously tlie only manner in which photographs of the Terns on their nests could be secured was to conceal one's camera near the nest and retire, with a tube or thread, to a distance of a hundred feet or more. A nest was therefore selected about halfway up the bank on the westerly side of the island, the camera staked to the ground with long iron pins, and com})lete]y covered with the dried seaweed aliundant on the beach b
. Bird studies with a camera : with introductory chapters on the outfit and methods of the bird photographer . Birds; Photography of birds. lu; ) STUDIES WITH A CAMERA Obviously tlie only manner in which photographs of the Terns on their nests could be secured was to conceal one's camera near the nest and retire, with a tube or thread, to a distance of a hundred feet or more. A nest was therefore selected about halfway up the bank on the westerly side of the island, the camera staked to the ground with long iron pins, and com})lete]y covered with the dried seaweed aliundant on the beach below. I then attached a. l)]ack linen thread to the shutter and retired about one hundred feet to tln^ toj) of the bank. Almost as soon as I lay down the tumult overhead ceased, the bii'ils scattered, and the ]iiiig Ir-a-r-r-r note of. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Chapman, Frank M. (Frank Michler), 1864-1945. New York : D. Appleton
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