With nature and a camera

Chapter II. The birds and fowlers of St Kilda

Young wrens in Soa

During the third week in June we did not see a single young Wren in St Kilda, where such eggs as we had shown to us were quite fresh; but in Soa, which is only separated by a narrow channel, young birds were flying about the rocks almost as strongly as their parents. We succeeded in laying hands upon one, the adventurous particulars of whose capture will be related when I come to deal with our visit to Soa. My brother fixed up his camera and focussed the corner of an advantageously-situated crag, and when lie had got his plate in and all ready, I quietly placed the bird upon it and kept my hands over the little creature until he was composed, then counting one, two, for my brother's signal, I swiftly withdrew. The pneumatic tube was instantly pressed, and the photograph, from which the accompanying picture has been made, was taken.

Nest of St Kilda Wren