With nature and a camera; being the adventures and observations of a field naturalist and an animal photographer . WILD CHAFFINCH STUDYING EIRD-CATGHERS CATCHING CHAFFINCHES. 292 WITH XATlTiE AND A CAMERA. same principle, and is exceedingly effective amongstthe members of some species when baited withwhat they like. lledbreasts and Hedge Sparrow^sare easily caught w4th it in w-inter-time, but itstemptations are seldom great enough to overcomethe sagacity of a House Sparrow. Such is the rush of Nightingales southwardsbetween the last week in July and the lastweek in August that our frie
With nature and a camera; being the adventures and observations of a field naturalist and an animal photographer . WILD CHAFFINCH STUDYING EIRD-CATGHERS CATCHING CHAFFINCHES. 292 WITH XATlTiE AND A CAMERA. same principle, and is exceedingly effective amongstthe members of some species when baited withwhat they like. lledbreasts and Hedge Sparrow^sare easily caught w4th it in w-inter-time, but itstemptations are seldom great enough to overcomethe sagacity of a House Sparrow. Such is the rush of Nightingales southwardsbetween the last week in July and the lastweek in August that our friend says he couldeasily catch a hundred specimens in his hand-Ijreadth of garden alone. On one occasion he secured as many as seven-teen Redstarts in a sinole mornino-, which is anastonishing performance when it is taken intoconsideration that it occurred in the early spring. It is an interesting fact that there is nearlyalways a morning, during the first or second weekin May, when every garden in and around l^rightonswarms with newly-arrived migrants, such as A\ liite-throats, Nightingales, Lesser Whitethroats, Redstarts,and Willow Wrens. No sooner, howe
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