CHAPTER VH 



BIRD-PHOTOGRAPHY 



THE purpose of this chapter is to call the at- 

 tention of the reader to the splendid opportunity 

 offered for taking pictures of those birds which 

 may be attracted around our homes, and to give 

 a few general suggestions regarding the equip- 

 ment needed and the method of using it. No 

 attempt will be made to treat this subject from 

 a professional standpoint, for the author is but 

 an amateur in this work and does not anticipate 

 that he will be able to contribute much to those 

 who have already had experience in bird-photo- 

 graphy, except as another's experience may 

 prove of interest ; but to those who have never 

 taken the first step in the fascinating art of 

 bird-photography, perhaps these experiences may 

 prove suggestive. 



From the time when the author first became 

 interested in bird-life he looked forward with 

 much anticipation of pleasure to the time when 

 his bird-studies might be pursued with a camera, 

 but the great expense which he had understood 

 was involved in securing the proper equipment 



