. Pictures of bird life : on woodland meadow, mountain and marsh . )lifted foot. Two other exposures were subsequently made by thissame bird, to my great satisfaction, as proving that forparticidarly shy birds this method is really practicable in. ^;EST OF Great Crested Grebe {Podiceps cristatits). 250 Pictures of Bird Life obtaining photooraphs, while they are perfectly unconsciousof any danger. Hiding the camera successfully is tlie chief difficulty. Iftliis can bedone at thenest of anybird, it is al-most a cer-tainty ; but ifits suspicionsare aroused byany very un-usual appear-ance, it will
. Pictures of bird life : on woodland meadow, mountain and marsh . )lifted foot. Two other exposures were subsequently made by thissame bird, to my great satisfaction, as proving that forparticidarly shy birds this method is really practicable in. ^;EST OF Great Crested Grebe {Podiceps cristatits). 250 Pictures of Bird Life obtaining photooraphs, while they are perfectly unconsciousof any danger. Hiding the camera successfully is tlie chief difficulty. Iftliis can bedone at thenest of anybird, it is al-most a cer-tainty ; but ifits suspicionsare aroused byany very un-usual appear-ance, it willprobably desertits eggs, insteadof returning totliem as liadproof of this,unfortunately ;for a whole daywas gi\en tothe nest of aMarsh-liarrier. where the mistake was made of attempting to hide thecamera on its tripod by co^■cring it witli reeds, instead ofplacing it on a heap of reeds and then covering it o\er.
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