172 BIRD BIOGRAPHIES 



away the birds will be back that is if 

 you are carefully concealed. If the birds 

 see you go inside your time is really 

 wasted, for they know you are there, 

 and will not come back for many hours. 

 I remember once trying to photograph a 

 Thrush. I waited over two hours and 

 the bird did not appear, so the following 

 day I went to my shelter again and 

 took with me four companions. As soon 

 as I had my two cameras ready they 

 walked away, and in less than ten minutes 

 the bird was at the nest, and I secured 

 a number of photographs. There are 

 some birds which seem as if they will 

 not return to their nests, even if we wait 

 days, such as the Buzzard and Grey-lag 

 Goose. I believe that these birds have 

 a very strong sense of smell, and when 

 wishing to photograph or watch such 

 birds it is a good plan to smother the 

 tent, when it is erected, with a fair amount 

 of oil of aniseed. This has a powerful 



