. Camera studies of wild birds in their homes . Birds; Photography of birds. 184 four little Yellow-throats scuttled away in four directions through the weeds, leaving their clumsy foster-brother in the nest. I caught just one of the little sprites but he proved unmanageable so that I had to let him go and confine my photographic attempts to the Fig. ]58. A male Yellow-throat feeding a young Cowbird bigger than itself. He was perched on a branch in front of the camera and I waited for developments. The two adult Yellow-throats evidently talked the matter over and decided that she sho
. Camera studies of wild birds in their homes . Birds; Photography of birds. 184 four little Yellow-throats scuttled away in four directions through the weeds, leaving their clumsy foster-brother in the nest. I caught just one of the little sprites but he proved unmanageable so that I had to let him go and confine my photographic attempts to the Fig. ]58. A male Yellow-throat feeding a young Cowbird bigger than itself. He was perched on a branch in front of the camera and I waited for developments. The two adult Yellow-throats evidently talked the matter over and decided that she should look after her four, sprightly offspring, while he would take care of the larger, helpless member of the family. Sir Yellow-throat coaxed and he coaxed and scolded and scold- ed trying to make the young Cowbird leave the perch; he even tried to knock him oft" as he flew past, but the stolid youngster would not budge. He just opened his mouth to its fullest extent and begged loudly for something to eat; he cared not nor thought of danger,—just of his 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 Reed, Chester A. (Chester Albert), 1876-1912. Worcester, Mass : Reed
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