Photographing Birds and their Young 187 



There has been clone some little work in photo- 

 graphing adult birds by means of a flash-light. 

 This has been accomplished by going to the 

 place where they are known to roost and using a 

 fixed focus camera. I have never tried it myself, 



nor do I think 



it a satisfactory 

 method. 



The photog- 

 raphy of flying 

 or soaring birds 

 is extremely dif- 

 ficult, necessi- 

 tating, as it 

 does, not only 

 a very rapid 

 exposure, but 

 extreme quick- 

 ness of eye and 

 hand. Need- 

 less to say, the 



only camera that can be used to advantage in 

 this work is the reflex. It was not until this type 

 of camera was placed on the market that we had 

 any pictures of birds in flight, but already much 

 excellent work has been done in that direction. 

 The best places for making these photographs are 

 in localities where the birds colonize. A gull or 

 heron rookery offers many opportunities, but we 



Young Green Herons. 



