. Camera studies of wild birds in their homes . eding. This song may beheard at almost all hours of the day and often until afterdusk in most woodland, during summer. Their call and noteof protest is a single, tremulous, mournful, ascending whis-tle. Veeries are perfectly garbed for the life they lead, on ornear the ground, their backs being almost a perfect matchin color to dead leaves. Veeries build their nests of strips of bark and finegrasses, placing them on the ground or very near it; oftenit is set down in the middle of a patch of dead leaves,sometimes in the midst of a clump of ferns a
. Camera studies of wild birds in their homes . eding. This song may beheard at almost all hours of the day and often until afterdusk in most woodland, during summer. Their call and noteof protest is a single, tremulous, mournful, ascending whis-tle. Veeries are perfectly garbed for the life they lead, on ornear the ground, their backs being almost a perfect matchin color to dead leaves. Veeries build their nests of strips of bark and finegrasses, placing them on the ground or very near it; oftenit is set down in the middle of a patch of dead leaves,sometimes in the midst of a clump of ferns and often 118 against the sides or in the middle of old stumps. The fourgreenish-blue eggs loom up prominently in the deeply-cup~ped nest; probably for that reason the bird does not leavethe nest unless she is seen^ for to do so would expose thebrightly colored eggs to view and result in discovery whileshe can usually escape notice. Although I have taken many pictures of Wilson Thrushesin many different locations, the one chosen for this sketch. Fig. 101. VEERY RETURNING TO XEST. illustrates one of my very first attempts at bird photogra-phy. This nest was situated at the base of a clump of black-berry vines, and contained four eggs. The bird proved tobe more shy than usual and in two weeks time I was ableto secure but two satisfactory pictures of her. The day following its discovery an attempt was made topicture the Thrush returning to the nest. The camera wasset with the lens but two feet distant from the eggs and Iwas concealed in a heap ofbrush twenty feet away. The 119 camera was covered with a green cloth and plentifullysprinkled with leaves so as to attract as little attention aspossible, but undoubtedly it looked to the Veeries biggerthan a house would to us. Both birds were away while I was getting in their return they were greatly astonished to see astrange affair standing so near their home. They talked toeach other about it, in low tones, for several m
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