. Camera studies of wild birds in their homes . Fig. 55. Many millers, as well as other insects, were fed tothe young Chehecs. after hour and day after day. Sometimes she did,not evenleave at dinner time for her mate was very thoughtful andoften brought her moths and various kinds of flies. Atother times he would start from his lookout perch and flyover her, with that fluttering flight that flycatchers so oftenaffect, just to assure himself that everything went well inhis home; at such times he usuallv uttered the beautiful lit- 67 tie trill that these flycatchers often make when they arepleas
. Camera studies of wild birds in their homes . Fig. 55. Many millers, as well as other insects, were fed tothe young Chehecs. after hour and day after day. Sometimes she did,not evenleave at dinner time for her mate was very thoughtful andoften brought her moths and various kinds of flies. Atother times he would start from his lookout perch and flyover her, with that fluttering flight that flycatchers so oftenaffect, just to assure himself that everything went well inhis home; at such times he usuallv uttered the beautiful lit- 67 tie trill that these flycatchers often make when they arepleased with themselves or their surroundings. * In due course of time the eggs hatched. When the youngwere ten days old we made our first photographs. The nest. Fig. 56. The food was quickly thruM far doicn the throat ofthe hungry bird-baby. was about ten feet from the ground, but ^ye pulled the limbdown and tied it so that their home was only eight feet then backed a large covered wagon up close to the nestand from within made quite a series of pictures. The littlemother was brooding the young as we backed the wagon upand. although so large an object coming so close must havefrightened her, she stayed aboard the nest until weclimbed into the wvagon and began setting up the cameraswithin three feet of her. We soon had everything concealed, except the lenses, bylarge blankets, and the little mother bird paid no more at- 68 tention to us. The nest was in an exposed position^ wheretlie sun shone brightly on it during the forenoon^ so shehrooded the little birds a great deal. She would stand overthem with wings slightly spread, warding ofF the fiercerays of the sun from her offspring; such was her every five minutes her mate
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