142 Photography for the Sportsman Naturalist 



can hardly work satisfactorily with less, and some- 

 times even other accessories will be found neces- 

 sary, such as a screening cloth, a small keyhole 

 saw, etc. 



Now let us make our first photograph of a nest, 

 and it will be best for our first endeavor to be 

 upon some low-built nest. The sandpiper's nest 



Nest and Eggs of Green Heron. 

 Photographed twenty-five feet from ground. 



(a photograph of which is shown on page 143) is 

 a good type of the ground nest and is an easy 

 one to begin our work upon. 



One of the things we must always avoid, if pos- 

 sible, is having the camera pointed directly down- 

 ward at a nest. It not only shows the nest in an 

 entirely false position, but also gives little idea of 

 its form or construction. 



Having found our nest and selected the point 



