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BIRD STUDIES WITH A CAMERA 



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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 Eggs. — 

 The photographing of 

 nests is one of the sim- 

 pler forms of bird plio- 

 togra])hy, l)ut in many 

 instances success is 

 achieved only throng] i 

 the exercise of much 

 patience and ingenuity. 



It should constantly 

 be borne in mind, in ])h(itographing nests, that what 

 is desired is not so much a i)icture 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 tlian one of the 



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nest only. It is advis- 

 able, however, to make 

 at least tliree ])ictures, 

 two^='" of wliich shall 

 show the nature of tlu^ 

 locality chosen, the 

 other ^' the character 

 of the nest and its im- 

 mediate surroundings. 

 When the nest is not 

 above five feet from tln^ ground, little difficulty will 

 bo experienced in securing tlie desired picture. 

 Wlien on the gi'oiind it will sonietimes be found 

 helpful to put what natui'ally would be the rear 



