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A-Birding on a Bronco

Gelesen von J. M. Smallheer

(4,25 Sterne; 6 Bewertungen)

Florence Augusta Merriam Bailey was an American ornithologist and nature writer. She started observing bird behavior at a time when most bird study was based on collections and skins. By 1885, she began to write articles focusing on protecting birds. Her introduction of a birdwatching field guide, aimed at living birds, is considered the first in the tradition of modern bird guides. She wrote the first of these at the age of 26, initially as a series of notes in the Audubon Magazine and later as books. In "A-Birding on a Bronco," she writes an engaging memoir about her several trips to study birds on a ranch in California in the late 1800's. (4 hr 33 min)

Chapters

01 - Our Valley (includes prefatory note

25:55

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02 - The Little Lover

24:06

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03 - Like a Thief in the Night

11:48

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04 - Was It a Sequel?

21:39

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05 - Little Prisoners in the Tower

20:20

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06 - Hints by the Way

6:10

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07 - Around Our Ranch-House

20:00

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08 - Pocket Makers

10:14

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09 - The Big Sycamore

13:48

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10 - Among My Tenants

22:14

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11 - An Unnamed Bird

8:03

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12 - Hummers

13:50

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13 - In the Shade of the Oaks

16:23

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14 - A Mysterious Tragedy

3:46

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15 - How I Helped Build a Nest

10:04

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16 - In Our Neighbor's Door-Yard

6:48

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17 - Which Was the Mother Bird?

5:40

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18 - A Rare Bird

20:52

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19 - My Blue Gum Grove

12:00

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Bewertungen

A delightful book

(5 Sterne)

Each chapter of this book is a listener's treat. If you like to observe birds or wildlife you will be made happy for a minute by these little stories of bird life. Each chapter is her observations of a particular bird building its nest and raising its young. If you have ever watched a bird unseen, building a nest or feeding it fledglings you are a bird observer and will relate to her stories. Her ability to describe them in cute, funny and yet accurate way is what makes it so entertaining. The LIbrivox volunteer who reads it has done a wonderful job. You think iti s the author telling the story, not someone reading..