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... precious liquid in swimming pools . Flying through the skies , I yearned to glimpse the handiwork of God . All I could find was the work of people . 12 Every winter , birders gather in northern Minne- sota. Notes January.
... precious liquid in swimming pools . Flying through the skies , I yearned to glimpse the handiwork of God . All I could find was the work of people . 12 Every winter , birders gather in northern Minne- sota. Notes January.
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... birders do to lure hawk owls closer , but I'd hate to think that mine are merely acting out a conditioned response to food . Isn't it possible that this one wild little creature simply likes me ? The Northern Hawk Owl was never common ...
... birders do to lure hawk owls closer , but I'd hate to think that mine are merely acting out a conditioned response to food . Isn't it possible that this one wild little creature simply likes me ? The Northern Hawk Owl was never common ...
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... birders check the Boreal Chickadee off on their lists and hurry on to more glamorous owls and grouse . But every moment in the company of this pleasant visitor is a moment well spent . Boreal Chickadees are often seen with Black- capped ...
... birders check the Boreal Chickadee off on their lists and hurry on to more glamorous owls and grouse . But every moment in the company of this pleasant visitor is a moment well spent . Boreal Chickadees are often seen with Black- capped ...
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... birders meet me in the harbor in search of Snowy Owls and a Gyrfalcon . The snow is sooty , the buildings gray ... birder filling the gaping hole between Peregrine and Prairie Falcon on a life list . Visitors should see Snowy Owls before ...
... birders meet me in the harbor in search of Snowy Owls and a Gyrfalcon . The snow is sooty , the buildings gray ... birder filling the gaping hole between Peregrine and Prairie Falcon on a life list . Visitors should see Snowy Owls before ...
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... Birders planning to visit a new area can read about the best binding spots in regional and state bird guides , some available locally and all available by mail from the American Binding Association . The A.B.A. also publishes a ...
... Birders planning to visit a new area can read about the best binding spots in regional and state bird guides , some available locally and all available by mail from the American Binding Association . The A.B.A. also publishes a ...
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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.