Photograph ing Birds and their Young 169 



place seems to offer greater attractions to them 



than that identical twig upon which you wish to 



place them. They will jump from it repeatedly, 



as fast as you can place them there, and then look 



at you in a self-satisfied manner, as much as to 



say, " I won't stay 



there and what are 



you going to do 



about it?" And 



the only thing to 



be done is to keep 



your patience as 



well as you may 



until you obtain 



their final consent 



to stay where you 



put them, which 



will only be after 



they have grown 



tired of objecting. 



Even then the 



excitement occa- 



, i , T Young Flickers. 



sioned by the ap- 

 proach of the parent bird with food is usually 

 enough to cause one or two to fall to earth. 



A young bird, however, is interesting from the 

 time he leaves the shell, and is a featherless mite 

 all neck and head, until he is fully fledged and 

 ready to launch himself forth upon the world. 



