Familiar Studies of Wild Birds 



serious difficulty. The old birds would now 

 and then fly around the camera to inspect this 

 strange instrument, and several times alighted 

 on it without fear. At other times they sailed 

 back for a good look at me, where I lay about 

 twenty feet distant, partly concealed in the 

 tall grass, with thread in hand, ready to release 

 the shutter. 



It should not be concluded that because 

 cedar wax-wings are relatively tame as com- 

 pared with some other species that the securing 

 of satisfactoiy photographs of them does not 

 involve skill and perseverance. As anyone who 

 has attempted to photograph wild birds 

 knows, there are many factors influencing suc- 

 cess, and one must always be prepared to be 

 patient, and spend as much time as necessary 

 in gaining the confidence of his subjects. 



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