. Animal snapshots and how made . enest. I went closer, and, following my former tactics,that of consuming plenty of time before photographing,I finally completed a series of five photographs, ap-proaching the bird as closely as I wished. I evenbroke and removed twigs and weeds that were withinsix inches of the birds back, and later my friend puthis hand within an inch of her head before she she squatted a little lower, and as his hand wasbrought nearer she flew on rapid, vibrant wings, wab-bling as only a woodcock can wabble—as beautiful asight as any bird-lover could wish. There w
. Animal snapshots and how made . enest. I went closer, and, following my former tactics,that of consuming plenty of time before photographing,I finally completed a series of five photographs, ap-proaching the bird as closely as I wished. I evenbroke and removed twigs and weeds that were withinsix inches of the birds back, and later my friend puthis hand within an inch of her head before she she squatted a little lower, and as his hand wasbrought nearer she flew on rapid, vibrant wings, wab-bling as only a woodcock can wabble—as beautiful asight as any bird-lover could wish. There were four eggs in the nest, which were quicklyphotographed, and we retired that the mother birdmight return and complete the incubation, for whichshe had so bravely endured, for half a day, the presenceof two men and a camera. The second day after, there were three eggs and onefluffy Httle woodcock. As I beheved the other eggswould be hatched, I intended to return the followingday and photograph the four; however, I was detained. Fourth Photograph
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