. The book of birds : common birds of town and country and American game birds . n along the ground and thenraised a foot or two high by forked sticksat the spot where the animal is mostlikely to pass. Usually I have encainped near enoughto hear the report of the flashlight em-ployed, but sometimes the camera maybe set many miles away, or perhaps I amin town or on a side trip, in which caseit has not been unusual for the camera toremain unvisited for a week or ten this is of little consequence; for,with the shutter opening and closingautomatically, the exposed plate is safeuntil calle
. The book of birds : common birds of town and country and American game birds . n along the ground and thenraised a foot or two high by forked sticksat the spot where the animal is mostlikely to pass. Usually I have encainped near enoughto hear the report of the flashlight em-ployed, but sometimes the camera maybe set many miles away, or perhaps I amin town or on a side trip, in which caseit has not been unusual for the camera toremain unvisited for a week or ten this is of little consequence; for,with the shutter opening and closingautomatically, the exposed plate is safeuntil called for. The alphabet for the beginner in wild-life photography usually comprises nest-ing birds of the neighborhood, chip-munks, the lazy and sun-loving wood-chuck, or the stolid porcupine, and eventhen many difficulties confront the novice,the overcoming of which opens the doorfor picturing rarer or more active sub-jects. Some who take up camera hunting be-come discouraged by early failures andare unable to see how such an instrument 104 HOW BIRDS CAN TAKE THEIR OWN PORTRAITS. BUZZARD FIRING FLASHLIGHT IN DAYTIME The left wing became involved in string tiedto bait and half of the pinion feathers werepulled out. These birds became such a nui-sance that when meat bait was used the flashwas not set until dusk. can ever be a satisfactory substitute forthe sportsmans gun. Others, with theirinterest only intensified by defeat, con-tinue on until won over by the attractive-ness of a contest where success costs nolife or an awkwardly handled cameraleaves no wounded animal to die a linger-ing death. Most birds are photographed abouttheir nests, or in the great rookeries andbreeding resorts of the sea-coast and in-land waters, when the domestic duties ofthe parents or when the fearlessnessmanifested by many birds under colo-nization makes such photography pleas-ant and generally successful. But there are times of the year andlocalities, as well as different birds, wherean approach is dif
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