. Bird studies with a camera : with introductory chapters on the outfit and methods of the bird photographer . Birds; Photography of birds. lis BIRD STUDIES WITH A CAMERA placed on a driftwood box, weighted with stones, and completely covered with seaweed. These eggs were hatching, and the bird soon returned to them ; but before it had come back, another bird in darting. 00. Tltii'.s nust uud hateliing ejj^g's in seawted. by had flown into the thread, springing the shutter, and making the picture ™ of the nest and eggs here given quite as effectively as many a similarly inex- perienced photogr
. Bird studies with a camera : with introductory chapters on the outfit and methods of the bird photographer . Birds; Photography of birds. lis BIRD STUDIES WITH A CAMERA placed on a driftwood box, weighted with stones, and completely covered with seaweed. These eggs were hatching, and the bird soon returned to them ; but before it had come back, another bird in darting. 00. Tltii'.s nust uud hateliing ejj^g's in seawted. by had flown into the thread, springing the shutter, and making the picture ™ of the nest and eggs here given quite as effectively as many a similarly inex- perienced photographer could have done. The day but one following—July 20th—these egg- shells had disappeared, and the nest was occuiried by two young birds with just enough strength to crawl toward the parent bird when it appeared with ; And when their appetites were appeased the parent bird took her place on the nest and brooded them with the care of an anxious ;" A few yards from this new family were two young who could not have been over four days old, but who had left the nest for the shade of a piece of driftwood. Here they were fed by two birds—doubt- less both parents—whom thej' seemed to recognize among the other Terns hovering above them. They. 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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