38 PHOTOGRAPHY FOR BIRD-LOVERS, 

 about looking for a standing-place for the camera. 

 This found, it is more than likely that something will 

 have to be cut away either to clear the view of the 

 nest or to make more room for the camera, but, 

 as far as practicable, it is better to bend and tie 

 back rather than to cut off. All being ready the 

 case may be hauled up, and incidentally there is 

 no need to unfasten the end of the line which has 

 been tied to the limb, for cold fingers have been 

 known to drop a line, and this necessitates climbing 

 down and up again. If the tree is not too bushy 

 and the path upwards has been well chosen, the 

 case can be hauled up easily, a little jerking over- 

 coming the tendency to catch on the under-side 

 of branches, while repeated lowering and hauling 

 through a few feet will give the case a swinging 

 motion and circumvent the most tenacious branch. 



When it is safely up, one is at first somewhat 

 embarrassed, for though one may be sitting astride 

 of a limb with both hands free, the lack of a third 

 prehensile member is sorely felt. A little method 

 saves a deal of bother. Hitch the line round a 

 convenient branch on the main stem, open the case 

 and fasten it up by the handle, then it is safe and 

 its contents are readily accessible. 



First put up the tripod and lay it across the 

 thighs if no better place offers, then open out the 

 camera, screw in the lens, shutter, and other loose 



