. Bird studies with a camera : with introductory chapters on the outfit and methods of the bird photographer . Birds; Photography of birds. 112 BIRD STUDIES WITH A CAMERA sacrificed that article of apparel to such, an exhibi- tion of bravery. As I advanced I began to discover nests. Some were on the ujaland, snugly placed in the grass or near a large stone/''^ and with pretty surroundings of yarrow, sumach, or bending grasses ; others were on the little shelves of the steep westerly bank of the islet; and others still on bits of seaweed among the pebbles and rocks which here formed the beach.'
. Bird studies with a camera : with introductory chapters on the outfit and methods of the bird photographer . Birds; Photography of birds. 112 BIRD STUDIES WITH A CAMERA sacrificed that article of apparel to such, an exhibi- tion of bravery. As I advanced I began to discover nests. Some were on the ujaland, snugly placed in the grass or near a large stone/''^ and with pretty surroundings of yarrow, sumach, or bending grasses ; others were on the little shelves of the steep westerly bank of the islet; and others still on bits of seaweed among the pebbles and rocks which here formed the beach.''^ No attempt was made to take advantage of the concealment of- fered by the grouj)s of bowlders scattered along the beach, and beneath which the birds might have hid- den effectively, it be- ing presumably their object to select a site from which they could readily detect any cause for alarm. As a rule, their nests contained one or two eggs, only a single nest being seen with three. Although by this time birds of the year should have been on the wing, few youus: of auy age were seen—a condition which was doubtless explained by the fact that the birds, thus far, had been too much occupied furnishing the members of boating parties with souvenirs of their day's outing, to give atten- tion to their own household Nest antl e^s>^ of Turn on Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Chapman, Frank M. (Frank Michler), 1864-1945. New York : D. Appleton
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