. Bird lore . getically away down their throats. When the mother was away foraging, Icovered the camera with green leaves,focused it upon the nest, then drew athread, which I had attached to theshutter, into a room that looked downupon the nest, and there awaited themothers return at dinner-hour. I am surethat she carried a watch, for dinner wasalways served promptly between and2 oclock. She was frightened on seeing the camera,and for some time surveyed it suspiciouslyfrom her perch on a telephone wire. Then,knowing that her little familys life (291) 292 Bird - Lore depended upon her, she
. Bird lore . getically away down their throats. When the mother was away foraging, Icovered the camera with green leaves,focused it upon the nest, then drew athread, which I had attached to theshutter, into a room that looked downupon the nest, and there awaited themothers return at dinner-hour. I am surethat she carried a watch, for dinner wasalways served promptly between and2 oclock. She was frightened on seeing the camera,and for some time surveyed it suspiciouslyfrom her perch on a telephone wire. Then,knowing that her little familys life (291) 292 Bird - Lore depended upon her, she bravely flew allaround the camera, examining it criticallyand lighting upon the edge of the nest, andgave them the feast for which their wide-open mouths began to plead at exactlythe dinner-hour. I pulled the thread justas the mother lit upon the edge of thenest. In another exposure I caught herfeeding the young bird (one had dis-appeared when very small), but as thelight was poor, an exposure of one-fiftieth. A SANTA BARBARA HUMMER of a second gave little detail. Unfortu-nately, confidence and want of suspicionin building her nest so near the earth (andthe untaught small boy) brought a sadtragedy, as a boy took the nest and bird,and they were both found on a path notfar distant—the bird dead. Surely, through the splendid work ofthe Audubon Society and nature-studyin the schools, together with many charm-ing bird-books, we may hope that ourbirds, our trees, and our flowers may soonbe appreciated as blessings that will needno protection of the law, but, until that time arrives, let intelligent instruction inour homes and schools go hand in handwith enforced laws. Warnings are postedto protect forests, and might it not be wellto have such warnings, or at least sugges-tions for the protection of birds, placed inour schools and libraries?—Oscar , Santa Barbara, Calif. The Black-chinned Hummingbird I had an enjoyable experience lastsummer, at Eugene, Ore., with a Black-c
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