With nature and a camera; being the adventures and observations of a field naturalist and an animal photographer (1898) (14756876436)

Identifier: withnatureandcam00kear (find matches)
Title: With nature and a camera; being the adventures and observations of a field naturalist and an animal photographer
Year: 1898 (1890s)
Authors: Kearton, Richard, 1862-1928
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Publisher: London, Paris, New York, Melbourne, Cassell and company, limited
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library



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PHOTOGRAPHING A NEST IN A TREE. 344 WITH NATURE AXB A CAMERA. Wlicn the end of tlie rope reached the prisonerin the cave, he was afraid to entrust himself to it,lest it should not be properly secured at the top.As soon as my brother reached the sunmiit of thecliff, ho\^ever, he found it twisted round a hugeboulder of rock weighing many tons, and in ad-dition held bv eiiilit stalwart Irish labourers, whohad been called from their work to assist. Nests built near the tops of high isolated treesare often very difificult to photogra))h, on accountof the fact that they are situated amongst slenderbranches. That of the Carrion Crow comes underthis category, as the bird loves a site which com-mands a good view of her surroundings in orderthat she may have early intimation of the approachof danger, and make good her escape. Anotherfeature of this birds nest is that it is extremelydeep, thus preventing her eggs from rolling outwhen the structure is roughly swayed to and froby a gale of wind, a