For the Birds: An Uncommon GuideU of Minnesota Press |
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... spring magic to every nook and cranny of the forest . August September Grasshoppers , katydids , crickets , beetles , and other insects have always considered the bluebird a vicious serial killer . October November December Sea ducks ...
... spring magic to every nook and cranny of the forest . August September Grasshoppers , katydids , crickets , beetles , and other insects have always considered the bluebird a vicious serial killer . October November December Sea ducks ...
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... spring and summer it fuels human hatred by stealing eggs and baby birds of other species , mainly to feed its own hungry brood . It also acts as a raucous alarm clock that simply cannot be turned off . But what else in the universe ...
... spring and summer it fuels human hatred by stealing eggs and baby birds of other species , mainly to feed its own hungry brood . It also acts as a raucous alarm clock that simply cannot be turned off . But what else in the universe ...
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... squirrel nests , and my neighbor's gutter . They vanish by March , long before spring rains make a mess of the rain spout . Bob will never know what hit him . 14 The Red - breasted Nuthatch is a dapper but. Notes January.
... squirrel nests , and my neighbor's gutter . They vanish by March , long before spring rains make a mess of the rain spout . Bob will never know what hit him . 14 The Red - breasted Nuthatch is a dapper but. Notes January.
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... but a few endure the worst of it — and get the best territories come spring . Clinging to hopes of the future is what January is all about . 16 Something about walking — the repetitiveness of movement , Notes January.
... but a few endure the worst of it — and get the best territories come spring . Clinging to hopes of the future is what January is all about . 16 Something about walking — the repetitiveness of movement , Notes January.
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... need some- thing slower . We cover more ground on cross - country skis , but sometimes we need something quieter . At times like these , a walk in the woods is simply necessary . In the spring of 1850 , Nicolas Pike , director. Notes ...
... need some- thing slower . We cover more ground on cross - country skis , but sometimes we need something quieter . At times like these , a walk in the woods is simply necessary . In the spring of 1850 , Nicolas Pike , director. Notes ...
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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.