For the Birds: An Uncommon GuideU of Minnesota Press |
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... least for a moment . In northern places , a year list won't grow rapidly until April or May , but winter birds are like diamonds — all the more precious for their rarity . 1 The New Year's baby , clad in nothing more than diaper and ...
... least for a moment . In northern places , a year list won't grow rapidly until April or May , but winter birds are like diamonds — all the more precious for their rarity . 1 The New Year's baby , clad in nothing more than diaper and ...
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... Some nuthatches spend a great deal of time on chimneys during extremely cold days they work at the mortar part of the time , but mostly they just warm their little fannies . At least once every January I pull out my bird. Notes January.
... Some nuthatches spend a great deal of time on chimneys during extremely cold days they work at the mortar part of the time , but mostly they just warm their little fannies . At least once every January I pull out my bird. Notes January.
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An Uncommon Guide Laura Erickson. At least once every January I pull out my bird record- ings . There's nothing like a Prothonotary Warbler's " sweet , sweet , sweet " to conjure up a steamy hot southeastern swamp in June . But then I ...
An Uncommon Guide Laura Erickson. At least once every January I pull out my bird record- ings . There's nothing like a Prothonotary Warbler's " sweet , sweet , sweet " to conjure up a steamy hot southeastern swamp in June . But then I ...
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... least they don't compete with native species for food and nesting sites . European Starlings and House Sparrows , both inten- tionally introduced in the 1800s , live in rural and agricul- tural settings as well as urban ones ; starlings ...
... least they don't compete with native species for food and nesting sites . European Starlings and House Sparrows , both inten- tionally introduced in the 1800s , live in rural and agricul- tural settings as well as urban ones ; starlings ...
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... least 10 percent of their total body weight in fresh water every day . Our winter birds conserve body water and survive with much less . Birds don't sweat , and they reab- sorb some respired moisture before they exhale , but they still ...
... least 10 percent of their total body weight in fresh water every day . Our winter birds conserve body water and survive with much less . Birds don't sweat , and they reab- sorb some respired moisture before they exhale , but they still ...
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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.