. Camera studies of wild birds in their homes . Fig. 93. Taken in 1-100 of a second, showing the active move-ments of hungry young birds. 110 the camera shutter from a distance of three hundred got the pictures but it was an unusual amount of troubleto do so. especially for such common birds as Robins. Thedifferent temperaments of different birds of the same spe-cies is emphasized by the fact that I have since taken Robinpictures with no concealment, from a distance of less thansix Fig. 94. THE NEST OX THE BLIND. Most normal Robins place their rudely constructed mud-and-grass hou
. Camera studies of wild birds in their homes . Fig. 93. Taken in 1-100 of a second, showing the active move-ments of hungry young birds. 110 the camera shutter from a distance of three hundred got the pictures but it was an unusual amount of troubleto do so. especially for such common birds as Robins. Thedifferent temperaments of different birds of the same spe-cies is emphasized by the fact that I have since taken Robinpictures with no concealment, from a distance of less thansix Fig. 94. THE NEST OX THE BLIND. Most normal Robins place their rudely constructed mud-and-grass houses in trees at heights of from six to twentyfeet from the ground. Of course there are eccentric Robins,as well as persons, and some of these depart from the usualcustoms of their kind. We sometimes see their nests in theupper branches of elms, fully sixty feet up; I have alsofound them built among roots under overhanging banks. Ill
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