TABLE OF CONTENTS 



CHAPTER PAGE 



I. BEGINNINGS OF BIRD-STUDY ....<.. 15 



II. METHOD AND EQUIPMENT 25 



III. IDENTIFYING BIRDS 37 



IV. WHERE TO FIND BIRDS 49 



V. LEARNING BIRDS' SONGS AND NOTES .... 63 



VI. THE SPRING MIGRATION 75 



VII. THE NESTING SEASON 87 



VIII. NESTING EPISODES NEAR HOME . . . . . 101 



IX. THE AUTUMNAL FLIGHT 115 



X. KNOWING THE WINTER BIRDS 127 



XI. How TO FIND BIRDS OF PREY 141 



XII. FOLLOWING THE WATER-BIRDS 155 



XIII. CAMERA HUNTING AND OUTFIT 169 



XIV. USING THE ORDINARY CAMERA 183 



XV. SHOOTING WITH REFLECTING CAMERA .... 203 



XVI. BIRD-LOVERS' VACATION EXPEDITIONS . . . . 215 



XVII. BIRD-WORK FOR INDOORS 229 



XVIII. SOCIAL BIRD-STUDY 241 



XIX. BIRD-STUDY FOR SCHOOLS 251 



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