For the Birds: An Uncommon GuideU of Minnesota Press |
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... October November December Sea ducks bobbing on the choppy , frigid water dress up a lake like ornaments on a Christmas tree . Illustrated by Jeff Sonstegard Appointment with nature For the Birds An Uncommon Guide Laura. Front Cover.
... October November December Sea ducks bobbing on the choppy , frigid water dress up a lake like ornaments on a Christmas tree . Illustrated by Jeff Sonstegard Appointment with nature For the Birds An Uncommon Guide Laura. Front Cover.
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... Lake Superior every morn- ing to eat a hard - boiled egg . It made for an enviable entry on a bird feeder list , and scared away squirrels to boot . 3 Bald Eagles are earthbound in winter more than in other seasons . Magnificently ...
... Lake Superior every morn- ing to eat a hard - boiled egg . It made for an enviable entry on a bird feeder list , and scared away squirrels to boot . 3 Bald Eagles are earthbound in winter more than in other seasons . Magnificently ...
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... Lake Superior hasn't frozen over already , the February ice closes in with a finality that makes talk of groundhogs ring hollow . With every snowstorm , animals succumb . Owls from the Far North appear , and some drop dead in the snow ...
... Lake Superior hasn't frozen over already , the February ice closes in with a finality that makes talk of groundhogs ring hollow . With every snowstorm , animals succumb . Owls from the Far North appear , and some drop dead in the snow ...
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... Lake Superior for a long - shot Boreal Chickadee . It comes immediately . I head complacently for a guaranteed hawk owl spot , then another . No bird shows . We cruise roads through the lunch hour , my growing anxiety overpowering ...
... Lake Superior for a long - shot Boreal Chickadee . It comes immediately . I head complacently for a guaranteed hawk owl spot , then another . No bird shows . We cruise roads through the lunch hour , my growing anxiety overpowering ...
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... Lake cabin . I sit at their window drinking cocoa and watching it spiral up the cedar and mountain ash . It occasionally takes suet , but not while I look . Creepers are rare here in winter — watching one from a cozy cabin is a good way ...
... Lake cabin . I sit at their window drinking cocoa and watching it spiral up the cedar and mountain ash . It occasionally takes suet , but not while I look . Creepers are rare here in winter — watching one from a cozy cabin is a good way ...
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Página 23 - When shepherds pipe on oaten straws, And merry larks are ploughmen's clocks, When turtles tread, and rooks, and daws, And maidens bleach their summer smocks, The cuckoo then, on every tree, Mocks married men; for thus sings he, Cuckoo; Cuckoo, cuckoo: O word of fear, Unpleasing to a married ear!
Página 14 - THERE WAS A LITTLE MAN THEEE was a little man and he had a little gun, And his bullets were made of lead, lead, lead ; He went to the brook, and saw a little duck, And shot it through the head, head, head.
Página 12 - I once had a sparrow alight upon my shoulder for a moment while I was hoeing in a village garden, and I felt that I was more distinguished by that circumstance than I should have been by any epaulet I could have worn.
Página 17 - Some keep the Sabbath going to church; I keep it staying at home, With a bobolink for a chorister, And an orchard for a dome. Some keep the Sabbath in surplice; I just wear my wings, And instead of tolling the bell for church, Our little sexton sings. God preaches, - a noted clergyman, And the sermon is never long; So instead of getting to heaven at last, I'm going all along!
Página 14 - It was a lover and his lass, With a hey, and a ho, and a hey nonino, That o'er the green corn-field did pass In the spring time, the only pretty ring time, When birds do sing, hey ding a ding, ding : Sweet lovers love the spring.