For the Birds: An Uncommon GuideU of Minnesota Press |
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... leaving the fish just ripe for the taking , there for all to see . Sometimes the eagle carries the whole thing off , but sometimes it just picks at it a bit , leaving the bones and head as a gratuity for fine service and an excellent ...
... leaving the fish just ripe for the taking , there for all to see . Sometimes the eagle carries the whole thing off , but sometimes it just picks at it a bit , leaving the bones and head as a gratuity for fine service and an excellent ...
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... leave the North Country in August , and virtually all are gone by September's end . They winter in South America , and sensible ones don't return until late May . But convalescent nighthawks sometimes spend the sea- son in my living ...
... leave the North Country in August , and virtually all are gone by September's end . They winter in South America , and sensible ones don't return until late May . But convalescent nighthawks sometimes spend the sea- son in my living ...
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... leave — this is an owl to whom attention must be paid . It has finely etched horizontal barring on the underside , delicate spots above , and the arresting eyes characteristic of owls , but its unique allure comes from something ...
... leave — this is an owl to whom attention must be paid . It has finely etched horizontal barring on the underside , delicate spots above , and the arresting eyes characteristic of owls , but its unique allure comes from something ...
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... leaving us alone and free . I set out in Port Wing with three intentions : to find the Pileated Woodpecker that's been working a dead cottonwood , to check how Hairy Wood- peckers are doing this year , and to see what unusual birds are ...
... leaving us alone and free . I set out in Port Wing with three intentions : to find the Pileated Woodpecker that's been working a dead cottonwood , to check how Hairy Wood- peckers are doing this year , and to see what unusual birds are ...
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... leave the Northland in fall sometimes change their diets for the duration . Eastern Kingbirds that ate bumblebees , moths , and other flying insects all summer are now dining on fruit in the trop- ics . A balanced diet for them isn't a ...
... leave the Northland in fall sometimes change their diets for the duration . Eastern Kingbirds that ate bumblebees , moths , and other flying insects all summer are now dining on fruit in the trop- ics . A balanced diet for them isn't 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.