Photographing Birds' Nests 159 



I sincerely trust that every one who enters this 

 field of work will do so with a thorough regard 

 for, and an appreciation of, the rights of the birds. 

 Let the collecting of the photographs take the 

 place of the collecting of the eggs which is done 

 so indiscriminately nowadays, and in collecting 

 these photographs let everybody give the owners 

 of the nests as little cause for complaint as he 

 can. The more nests you find, photograph, and 

 leave intact, the more broods of young you will 

 have to work upon a little later and, conse- 

 quently, the greater number of photographs you 

 will be enabled to obtain. So your care to dis- 

 turb the nest as little as possible will work 

 not only for the bird's good, but to your own 

 advantage. 



