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same with bird-watching : if the bird 

 knows you are there it is nervous, and 

 will not behave in a natural manner. 

 I have sometimes watched a bird which 

 could see me, and by its expression I 

 have imagined that it felt like we do 

 when placed before a camera in a studio, 

 with a man standing cap in hand waiting 

 for us to put on a non-photographic 

 expression ! 



To see bird-life at its best you should 

 be completely hidden, and when you find 

 a nest, and wish to observe the home- 

 life of the two birds, erect your bird-tent 

 near, cover it with branches or any other 

 material handy, and allow the birds to 

 get quite used to the strange erection 

 near their home. When you go inside, 

 endeavour to take with you, to the site 

 of the nest, two or three companions. 

 They can help you in, and when there 

 they can cover up the tent more com- 

 pletely, and very soon after they move 



