Camera Studies of Wild Birds in Their Homes

Two hundred photographs of living wild birds, made when bird photography was new and hard — Chester Reed in the blind, the marsh and the treetop, telling how each picture was got.

Veery or Wilson Thrush

2 pages in this part of Camera Studies with Wild Birds.

Veery or Wilson Thrush

As in the case of a great many of our birds, it is from its song that this species receives its name. This song is a descending spiral of…

Veery or Wilson Thrush: Veeries

Veeries are perfectly garbed for the life they lead, on or near the ground, their backs being almost a perfect match in color to dead…

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