BIRD-PHOTOGRAPHY 161 



Photographing Winter Birds, — The pictures 

 o£ most of the winter birds taken by the author 

 were secured by placing the camera just inside 

 the window, only a few feet from the lunch- 

 counter, while the operator sat just back of the 

 camera. There is a special degree of satisfaction 

 in photographing winter birds, because one is 

 not in any way interfering with the life of the 

 bird or disturbing it in any way, and there is ab- 

 solutely no possibility of accident, of which there 

 is always danger in working with young birds ; 

 though this is more than compensated by the 

 trust which the birds usually come to show in 

 the operator. 



During the winter of 1906-1907, the author 

 had good opportunities for photographing the 

 birds. His friend Master Uehling had arranged 

 a moving counter as explained on page 94, and 

 soon most of the birds came to the window to 

 feed. To secure pictures of those which would 

 not come, or which came only occasionally, to the 

 sill, food was scattered on the ground in a spot 

 from which the snow had been removed. The 

 camera was focused on the food and the thread 

 run to the second-story window. The blue jays 

 came occasionally to the window, but no good 

 photograph of these birds was obtained here. 

 Most of the work, however, was done at the win- 



