. Bird-lore . hin twenty rodsof this one, with the female on it. This latter nest was about nine feetfrom the ground, in a choke-cherry bush, in a damp thicket, and con-tained two eggs. The male was nearby, while, in the case of the formernest, no male was seen. The next day I made two visits to these nests inhope of obtaining photographs, but was prevented by rain. On the first J12 Bird- Lore ■occasion the female wa<; on the nest in each case, while, at the second visitthe male was on nest number three. On the afternoon of the 27th, I set up the camera on a tripod the legsof which had been
. Bird-lore . hin twenty rodsof this one, with the female on it. This latter nest was about nine feetfrom the ground, in a choke-cherry bush, in a damp thicket, and con-tained two eggs. The male was nearby, while, in the case of the formernest, no male was seen. The next day I made two visits to these nests inhope of obtaining photographs, but was prevented by rain. On the first J12 Bird- Lore ■occasion the female wa<; on the nest in each case, while, at the second visitthe male was on nest number three. On the afternoon of the 27th, I set up the camera on a tripod the legsof which had been spliced with extra pieces to elevate it, and, with a bicyclepump and one hundred feet of tubing, awaited an opportunity to make anexposure. Late in the afternoon, when the light was becoming very unsat-isfactory, the male went on the nest. I made an exposure, but develop-ment proved that the bird had moved and spoiled the picture. On thisdate I found the other nest was empty and abandoned, I suppose MALE ROSF. BREASTED GROSBEAK ON NEST This latter nest was built in a little elm, about seven feet from the ground,and in plain sight of a public road. On the 31st, nest number three contained four eggs; the female was onwhen I arrived, but promptly got off. I set up my apparatus, and at theend of the tube I wrapped myself up in the photographic tent and lay downamong the bushes, where I could take an occasional peep at proceedings,through the opening at the top of the tent, closing this during the interimto exclude the too friendly attentions of the myriad of mosquitos. It tooksome time to establish the confidence of the male Grosbeak (the femaleretired altogether), but at last he settled on the nest and, giving him timeto get comfortably ensconced, I made a half-minute exposure. The secondexposure was obtained under even greater difficulties, but eventually I gave The Rose-breasted Grosbeak 113 the bird ten secomls as he stood beside the nest, ami then went home, fullyp
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