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A BI-MONTHLY MAGAZINE 



DEVOTED TO THE STUDY AND PROTECTION OF BIRDS 



Official Organ of The Audubon Societies 



Vol. XVII 



May— June, 1915 



No. 3 



Bird-Photography for Women 



By MISS E. L. TURNER, F. Z. S., Cambridge, England 



\\'ith photographs by the author 



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|ATIENCE and a thick skin are the two 

 essential quahlications for successful bird- 

 photography. The first is inherent in 

 most women, the second can easily be acquired. 

 In my case, however, both virtues are a matter 

 of training. I always cut string, and want 

 everything before I can get it. Consequently, 

 possessing an average feminine conscience, my 

 feelings are terribly harrowed when — "The 

 lecturer's marvelous patience" is held up before 

 my audiences as worthy of all imitation. My 

 thick skin is never referred to, I suppose it 

 would not be polite to do so. Nevertheless I 

 took up bird-watching and photography some 

 sixteen years ago simply because I possessed a 

 very thin skin, and some outdoor occupation 

 was deemed necessary. Since then I have 

 become hardened to every kind of exposure, 

 and never take cold out-of-doors. This immunity 

 is largely a matter of suitable clothes and, as I 

 am writing for women, a word or two concern- 

 ing dress is not out of place. Sixteen years ago 

 it was not easy to get a really serviceable sporting 

 outfit except at considerable expense. There is 

 now a wide range of waterproof fabrics which 

 are both useful and presentable. Personally, as 

 most of my work has been done in marsh lands, I always avoid tweeds, because 

 they soak up the moisture like a sponge. My working clothes are made 



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