Category: The Black Star Collection
Object Type: photograph
Photographer: MERRITT III, Vernon
Medium: gelatin silver print
Dimensions: approximately: 8 x 10 inches; 20.32 x 25.4 cm
Accession Number: BS.2005.238830

Inscriptions:
recto, [no inscriptions]; verso, handwritten in black ink: 4. Nest building is a perpetual job. Squalls and / rain make upkeep imperative. Building materials / range from twigs to strands of moss. If both / parents leave a NEST UNGUARDED, other egrets will / swoop in and rob parts of their NEXT and may / kill the abandoned young.; handwritten in pencil: 88145 BLS / [line] / 2C13 / [line] / 34; stamped in black ink: [star symbol] / Credit:: / [handwritten in blue ink] Vernon Merritt / from BLACK STAR

Tagasauris Keywords: Bird; Bird nest; Egret; Heron; Instinct; Landscape; Nest; Night; No Photostyle; Nobody; Nobody; Outdoors; Tree; Twig
Credit Line: The Image Centre, Black Star Collection.
Black Star Subject: BIRDS / EGRETS
Retouching: N