. The book of birds, common birds of town and country and American game birds . d and thenraised a foot or two high by sticksat the spot where the animal is mostlikely to pass. Isually I have encamped near enoughto hear the report of the flasjilight etn-ployed. hut sometimes the camera may1)e set many miles away, or perhaps I amin town (^r on a side trip, in which caseit has not been unusual for the caiuera toremain unvisited for a week or ten this is of little consequence; for,with the shutter opening and closingautomatically, the exposed plate is .safeuntil called for. The a
. The book of birds, common birds of town and country and American game birds . d and thenraised a foot or two high by sticksat the spot where the animal is mostlikely to pass. Isually I have encamped near enoughto hear the report of the flasjilight etn-ployed. hut sometimes the camera may1)e set many miles away, or perhaps I amin town (^r on a side trip, in which caseit has not been unusual for the caiuera toremain unvisited for a week or ten this is of little consequence; for,with the shutter opening and closingautomatically, the exposed plate is .safeuntil called for. The alphabet for the begiiuier in wild-life photography usually comprises nest-ing birds of the neighborhood, chip-miuiks. the lazy and sun-loving wooti-chuck. or the stolid |)orcupine. and eventhen many difficulties confront the novice,the overcoming of which opens the doorfor picturing rarer or more active sub-jects. Some who take U|> camera hunting Im?-comc discouraged by early failures andare luiablc to see how such an instrument 104 HO\\ BIRDS CAN TAKE THEIR OWN PORTRAITS. BUZZAKl; FIRING IN DA\ TIMK The left winj? became involved in string tiedto bait and lialf of the pinion feathers werepulled out. These birds became such a nui-sance that when meat bait was used the flashwas not set until dusk. can ever be a substitule forthe sportsmans gun. Others, with theirinterest only intensified by defeat, con-tinue on until won over by the attractive-ness o^ a contest where success costs nolife or an awkwardly handled cameraleaves no wounded animal In die a linj^er-in,s; death. Most birds are photogra])hed abouttheir nests, or in the great rookeries andbreedin^^ resorts of the sea-coast and in-land waters, when the domestic duties ofthe parents or when the fearlessnessmanifested by many birds under colo-nization makes such photography pleas-ant and generally successful. But there are times of the year andlocalities, as well as dififerent birds, wherean ap
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