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Identifier: birdlore181916nati (find matches)
Title: Bird lore
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: National Committee of the Audubon Societies of America National Association of Audubon Societies for the Protection of Wild Birds and Animals National Audubon Society
Subjects: Birds Birds Ornithology
Publisher: New York City : Macmillan Co.
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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30 Wilsons Thrush May i Chestnut-sided Warbler .... May Baltimore Oriole May Rose-breasted Grosbeak .... May Bay-breasted Warbler May Gray-cheeked Thrush May Wilsons Warbler Mav First Efforts at Bird Photography By H. IRA HARTSHORN, Newark, N. J.With photographs by the author THE accompanying pictures are the results of my first attempts at birdphotography, and I want to let others know how much pleasure isto be derived from this method of studying birds. All the pictures Ihave taken so far are of the tame birds one sees every day around the house.That is, if one doesnt live in too big a city; in which case a trolley to the suburbswill answer, as it did in my case. My equipment, which includes a second-hand camera, two plate-holders,an electrical release, a flashhght battery, small satchel, flexible wire, etc., didnot cost over $8. The first nest I saw last year was a Chickadees nest. I found it on April i8.It was still cold, with not a leaf on the trees. The two birds were taking out
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CHIPPING SPARROW FEEDING ITS YOUNG chips from the top of a birch stump, which was about seven feet high. Thehole was about eight inches deep. There was still no lining in the nest, so Iknew that the birds had not prepared it for the reception of the eggs. I visited it again on April 26, and expected to see two eggs in the little home;but, when I arrived there, I found that the nest had been broken off at thevery bottom of the eight inches already dug. This was caused by the Chicka-dees digging too close to the rotten bark, when the first gust of wind probablybroke it. Much to my dehght, the birds were not daunted by this misfortune,but kept on building. On April 24, the hole was started the second time. A (88) First Efforts at Bird Photography 89

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