Bird-Photography for Women 



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again flying over their real nest and uttering warning cries to the young. But, 

 as nothing disturbed me, they finally took me for a harmless person, and 

 quietly settled down to feed the now clamorous young. 



While photographing Red-backed Shrikes {Lanius collurio collurio) from a 

 rough shelter, I saw one of the most amusing episodes I have ever witnessed 



FEMALE RED-BACKED SHRIKE 



in bird domestic life. I was hidden within three feet of a nest which contained 

 four young. The parents either visited the nest together, or followed each 

 other in quick succession; but the male usually fed the brood from the right 

 side, and the female from the left. On one occasion, while the female lingered, 

 watching her family with an admiring eye, the male arrived with the head of a 

 nestling bird, which he proceeded to push down the throat of one little Shrike, 



