. Bird lore . in shadow; and thereforerenders the blind much less conspicuous than if it were uniformly green or is not amiss to run belts of braid about the covering,sewing them to it atintervals and thus forming loops in which, when desired, reeds or branches maybe thrust. In erecting the blind, if circumstances permit, it is desirable to place thedoor toward the wind to insure better ventilation. Where the situation isexposed, an additional stay or two may be required. If the camera box is notstrong enough to sit on, a collapsible artists camp-stool should be added tothe outfit. One
. Bird lore . in shadow; and thereforerenders the blind much less conspicuous than if it were uniformly green or is not amiss to run belts of braid about the covering,sewing them to it atintervals and thus forming loops in which, when desired, reeds or branches maybe thrust. In erecting the blind, if circumstances permit, it is desirable to place thedoor toward the wind to insure better ventilation. Where the situation isexposed, an additional stay or two may be required. If the camera box is notstrong enough to sit on, a collapsible artists camp-stool should be added tothe outfit. One cannot spend a half day in such close quarters and observe andrecord to advantage unless one is comfortably seated. This structure weighsonly a few pounds and when folded may easily be slung on ones back, becoming,in fact, a quickly available cloak of invisibility from the shelter of which onemay see unseen. A blind of this type is shown in position in Bird-Lore forAugust, 1908, in the article on Fish A Thrasher Friend By EMELINE MADDOCK IT was during my daily pilgrimages to the wood at the edge of the pastureat Spring Lake, New Jersey, where I went to study the birds, that I dis-covered a Thrasher, among the many that frequented the spot, which seemedpeculiarly tame. He never hesitated an instant in coming over to the lunch-table which I spread daily for the birds refreshment, to partake of its was something almost uncanny about this little Thrasher; in the gentlefearlessness of his intent gaze, and the sweet intelligence shining in his ambereyes. At first I mistook him for one of the Thrashers who had built a nest ina sapling over my shoulder, but soon found out my mistake,—for, though allThrashers looked alike to me at the beginning of the season, I could defy anyThrasher at the end of the summer to puzzle me into inability to identify himfrom any other of his species. The pair of nesting Thrashers, of course, resented the presence of the birdsattrac
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