NESTING TIME. 



ANNA M. MATTHEWS. 



Photos by the Author. 



To the amateur photographer living in a 

 large city the study of bird nature would 

 appear limited to observing the habits of 

 the unpopular English sparrow, and, if 

 near a large body of water, of gulls. He 

 knows that the more venturesome birds 

 may be found in parks, and he may have 



predated by snap-shotters, nor even by 

 those who attempt more serious work with 

 tripod and time. 



While all amateurs may not find it de- 

 sirable to equip themselves with the full 

 paraphernalia of the bird photographer, yet 

 much may be accomplished in leisure hours 



NEST OF THRUSH. 



read that in the great parks of New York 

 City a bird lover has identified more than 

 120 species. But that a great variety of 

 birds common to the latitude may be found 

 just outside the city, where, undisturbed 

 by the attention of the curious, he may 

 use opera glass and camera, is not fully ap- 



or short vacations with no other outfit 

 than a camera with a fairly good lens, a 

 stout tripod and an opera glass. Even if 

 the artistic results are not altogether grati- 

 fying, the contact with nature as a physical 

 and psychic tonic will produce marked re- 

 sults. Less than a mile from Chicago is a 



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