. Review of reviews and world's work. birdswith fat meat and seed around the house, andphotograph them by leaving the camera focusedupon the food and pulling the thread—from in-doors, if you like—when they are busy trapper may occasionally provide a subject BIRD-HUNTING WITH THE CAMERA. 437 for portraiture in captivit5^ or one may followhim around to his traps. Try the sea-gulls fromferryboat or wharf, if you are near a coastwisecity, or attempt wild ducks from an are many photographic problems besidesthese which ingenuity may suggest or the advent of
. Review of reviews and world's work. birdswith fat meat and seed around the house, andphotograph them by leaving the camera focusedupon the food and pulling the thread—from in-doors, if you like—when they are busy trapper may occasionally provide a subject BIRD-HUNTING WITH THE CAMERA. 437 for portraiture in captivit5^ or one may followhim around to his traps. Try the sea-gulls fromferryboat or wharf, if you are near a coastwisecity, or attempt wild ducks from an are many photographic problems besidesthese which ingenuity may suggest or the advent of spring subjects nesting-season of the birds begins by earlyMarch, in the latitude of New England, withthe great horned owl, which uses a platform ofsticks in tall trees in the woods. After manyattempts, I have been able to conquer and havewrested its likeness from the wary, savage crea-ture. There are other owls, too, and by Aprilthe hawks begin to nest, from which there aremany unique camera trophies yet to be COOPER S HAWK INCUBATING. (Nest, 42 feet up a hemlock tree. This hird was probablynever photographed before in a wild state.) By care and cunning one may accustom even sowary a bird to the camera, and screwing it upnear the lofty nest, pull the thread from a bower,with successful result. I speak fiom the first of June the great host of the birdsis nesting, and what is so rare as a day inJune,—or in May, either,—with the camera !A small tent improvised from an old umbrella,with the socket-stand driven into the ground anda thin cloth canopy fitted over it, dyed to thecolor of the surroundings, can be pitched be-side the nest of a bird or the hole or burrow ofsome animal, and experience will prove thatpatient waiters are no losers in this sport.
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