. Bird studies with a camera : with introductory chapters on the outfit and methods of the bird photographer . Birds; Photography of birds. 100 ];ii;i) STUDIES WITH A CAMERA marsh, and after gaining an immense height disap- peared, this time toward the east. " As the sun rose over tlie Palisa(;s few birds were on the wing, but great flocks were perched in the reeds on the banks of the creek, and as in my canoe I drifted shjwly np to them, they seemed unmindful of my pres- ence, wiien, as though at a signal, they arose one bird, and after hov- ering lightly overhead returned to th
. Bird studies with a camera : with introductory chapters on the outfit and methods of the bird photographer . Birds; Photography of birds. 100 ];ii;i) STUDIES WITH A CAMERA marsh, and after gaining an immense height disap- peared, this time toward the east. " As the sun rose over tlie Palisa(;s few birds were on the wing, but great flocks were perched in the reeds on the banks of the creek, and as in my canoe I drifted shjwly np to them, they seemed unmindful of my pres- ence, wiien, as though at a signal, they arose one bird, and after hov- ering lightly overhead returned to the reeds. " The tide was low, and along the shore sev- eral Sora Rail were feed- ing, and, as carried by the tide I floated noise- lessly by. they paused in their si^aixdi for food, and wit]I tails upraised re- garded me with evident astonishiH(_'nt. A miidv ap]>roached the shores of a small inflowing stream, hesitided, tlien ])lunged in. crossed, and disap- peared in th(/ tall grasses on the opposite side. The air was vocal with the calls of Red-wingeil Black- birds, the rJiinl- of ]>oboliidvS, and the rattle of Swamp Sj)(.)ws. "On a riicd-grown ^loint below was another great army of Swallows. With sni'prising i-eguhirily a. i^\'s ill tri' 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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