File:Nature and the camera; how to photograph live birds and their nests; animals, wild and tame; reptiles; insects; fish and other aquatic forms; flowers, trees, and fungi (1902) (14747638314).jpg

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Title: Nature and the camera; how to photograph live birds and their nests; animals, wild and tame; reptiles; insects; fish and other aquatic forms; flowers, trees, and fungi
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: Dugmore, Arthur Radclyffe, 1870-
Subjects: Nature photography
Publisher: New York, Doubleday, Page
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ed down until it is within easy photographingdistance, and secured by means of a cord. In doingthis do not change the angle of the nest. Forcingup the end of the branch by means of a forked stickplaced at the thick end of the branch will correctthis defect. Do not move the eggs in a nest, butleave them as they are arranged by the bird. Weoften see pictures of nests completely spoiled throughthis misplacement of the eggs. It must be remem-bered that, though birds turn their eggs very fre-quently, they never leave the small end pointingupward, unless the bird, having been flushed sud-denly, accidentally disturbs the eggs on leaving thenest. Crows and hawks nests, and others that are placedat a considerable height, can, as a rule, be photographedonly from an adjacent tree. It is not easy work,requiring, as it does, that one should be a goodclimber and not easily made dizzy. Do not attemptto carry up your camera and other material. Attacha good strong cord, and leave them on the ground in
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NEST OP DOWNY WOODPECKER.A bole was cut in the branch in order to show the position of the eggs. PHOTOGRAPHING NESTS AND EGGS 33 such a position that they can be hauled up withoutcatching in the branches. Nests in Holes.—These are the least satisfactorynests to photograph. If we wish to show the eggsthat are laid in a hole in a tree, we can do so only bymaking an opening in the branch or trunk, and this isalmost sure to cause the bird to abandon it. Thereare some few birds, such as the chickadees and occa-sionally the crested flycatchers, that will not deserttheir homes even on such provocation, but they arethe exception. After the eggs are hatched it is dif-ferent, but at present we are dealing only with nestscontaining eggs. One way is to wait until the younghave left the nest and then place eggs (from a collec-tion ) in the nest, but even this cannot be done satis-factorily except in the case of woodpeckers andother birds that build no nest, but lay their eggs onchips or bare woo

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