Animal snapshots and how made (1905) (14755300985)

Identifier: animalsnapshotsh00lott (find matches)
Title: Animal snapshots and how made
Year: 1905 (1900s)
Authors: Lottridge, Silas Alpha, 1863-
Subjects: Nature photography Animal behavior Birds
Publisher: New York, H. Holt
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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pre-sented itself, the boy studied the animals about him.He tramped and trapped as the seasons changed,never seeming to grow weary of his chosen pastime;and although he did not know it, he was changing,the savage within him giving place to the humane.He passed through the usual stages of trap and gun,made various collections of nests, eggs, and mountedspecimens, but finally dropped all for the one harm-less instrument—the camera. After years of work and dozens of negatives hadbeen made of wild birds and mammals in their nativehaunts, he still had none of the Great Horned Owl.This was due to the nocturnal habits of the bird andto its natural shyness. You may tramp the woodsfor many a day and not even see a Great Horned Owl,much less produce a photograph of one. But patienceis usually rewarded, and that sometimes in a mostunexpected way. The Great Horned Owl, when it once forms thehabit of visiting a certain farm building for the pur-pose of carrying off poultry, becomes very bold and
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The Great Horned Owl 303 daring. The same is true of some of our hawkswhich have been known to fly within a few feet of aman and pounce upon and carry off a chicken. Owlsusually make such visits by night, but occasionallyduring the winter, when food is scarce, they get intothe habit of visiting the farmyard in the daytime.Immediately upon the capture of the fowl, the owlretreats to the woods, but, the load being heavy, thebird sometimes stops to rest upon the broad rail of afence, or upon a log, or even upon the ground. Atsuch times the owl plainly shows its nature by holdingto the fowl, even when followed. When such stopsare made, with a little careful manoeuvring, the owlmay be approached near enough to be photographed.From early experience it was learned that a man onhorseback could ride under a tree where there wasa crow or a hawk without disturbing the bird; so,too, the great horned owl has its weak point, it maybe fascinated by a dog. The photographing of the Great Horned Owl un