. Nature and the camera; how to photograph live birds and their nests; animals, wild and tame; reptiles; insects; fish and other aquatic forms; flowers, trees, and fungi . Copyright, 1900, .4. R. CRESTED Copyright, igoc A. R. Pugiiwn\YOUNG CRESTED FLYCATCHERS READY FOR FOOD. PHOTOGRAPHING NESTS AND EGGS 6^ tographer. Decoys in the form of food will attractmany kinds of birds, and some will become regularvisitors where food is habitually placed and willgradually become very tame. A piece of meat orsuet secured to a branch will tempt some species,while bread-crumbs or
. Nature and the camera; how to photograph live birds and their nests; animals, wild and tame; reptiles; insects; fish and other aquatic forms; flowers, trees, and fungi . Copyright, 1900, .4. R. CRESTED Copyright, igoc A. R. Pugiiwn\YOUNG CRESTED FLYCATCHERS READY FOR FOOD. PHOTOGRAPHING NESTS AND EGGS 6^ tographer. Decoys in the form of food will attractmany kinds of birds, and some will become regularvisitors where food is habitually placed and willgradually become very tame. A piece of meat orsuet secured to a branch will tempt some species,while bread-crumbs or seed throw^n on the <£roundwill attract others. Still another good bait is a cocoa-nut, broken in half and hung in a convenient birds may at times be coaxed to a conve-nient site for photographing by the presence of amounted owl, but this plan works best during thenesting season. A scheme which I have long in-tended to try, and which might perhaps work suc-cessfully, is a portable blind in the form of an arti-ficial cow. This should be made of a light frame-work of cane or split bamboo and covered withthin muslin painted in imitation of the animal. Ofcourse it must be made light enough to be readilvportable.
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