98 BIRD STUDIES WITH A CAMERA 
sons as it is possible to make, and if data of this 
kind could be brought together from many selected 
localities, we should have an admirable basis for the 
intelligent study of certain phases of bird migration. 
Nests and Hggs.— 
The photographing of 
nests is one of the sim- ,. 
pler forms of bird pho- , 
tography, but in many 
instances success is 
achieved only through 
the exercise of much 
patience and ingenuity. 10, Autumn. 
It should constantly 
be borne in mind, in photographing nests, that what 
is desired is not so much a picture of the nest alone 
as one which shows it in relation to its environment 
—in short, a picture of the nesting site is of more 
value than one of the 
nest only. It is advis- 
'/ \ able, however, to make 
ne ee ~“.\| at least three pictures, 
Bye two’ 78 of which shall 
show the nature of the 
locality chosen, the 
other“ the character 
Oi a oo of the nest and its im- 
11. Winter. mediate surroundings. 
When the nest is not 
above five feet from the ground, little difficulty will 
be experienced in securing the desired picture. 
When on the ground it will sometimes be found 
helpful to put what naturally would be the rear 
