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Identifier: camerastudiesofw1911reed (find matches)
Title: Camera studies of wild birds in their homes
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: Reed, Chester A, (Chester Albert. 1876-1912
Subjects: Birds Photography
Publisher: Boston : W.B. Clarke Co.
Contributing Library: Boston Public Library
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Fig. 174. They moved so rapidly that the picture is blurredalthough it was made in 1--200 of a second.. done, she got in just the position I wanted and I snappedthe shutter. One such roasting as that was sufficient so Igathered my outfit and retreated. It was fortunate that I took the pictures as I did. forwhen I next returned with my whole battery of cameras andtent, I found that I was a day too late. I no sooner touchedthe nest than the little black and white fellows slid out inall directions. I think that, possibly with the exception ofsome little Maryland Yellow-throats, they were the liveliestlot of little birds I have ever handled. I never needed an 106
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Fig. 175. The male bird even went into the valise to feed thelittle ones. Notice that he is now standing on the edge and oneyounp is inside. S assistant as much as I did at just that time. After muchrunning, dodging and climbing I managed to corral four ofthem but I could find no trace of the fifth; its mother hadled it awav and left the father bird to look out for the onesI had. If human children would obey their parents as beautiful-ly as these little birds did, we would have a perfect world.As soon as I got them perched on a branch he would tellthem to get off,—and off they would go, every one of them,in four different directions. I did manage to get a few pic-tures but not the ones that I wanted most to secure. Themale warbler was the most courageous little feathered mite 207 I have ever seen. He was everywhere almost at once, climb-ing all over my head, shoulders and hands, but never stillfor an instant. He pleaded so earnestly for me to let hislittle ones go, that I soon turne

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  • bookid:camerastudiesofw1911reed
  • bookyear:1911
  • bookdecade:1910
  • bookcentury:1900
  • bookauthor:Reed__Chester_A___Chester_Albert__1876_1912
  • booksubject:Birds
  • booksubject:Photography
  • bookpublisher:Boston___W_B__Clarke_Co_
  • bookcontributor:Boston_Public_Library
  • booksponsor:Boston_Public_Library
  • bookleafnumber:209
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  • bookcollection:americana
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