For the Birds: An Uncommon GuideU of Minnesota Press |
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... turn , burns a lot of fuel . In extremely cold weather , some birds feed continuously from dawn until dusk . Fortunately , many birds can turn down their thermostats to conserve fuel during long , hungry nights . The Black - capped ...
... turn , burns a lot of fuel . In extremely cold weather , some birds feed continuously from dawn until dusk . Fortunately , many birds can turn down their thermostats to conserve fuel during long , hungry nights . The Black - capped ...
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... turn perform an invaluable service by alerting other birds of even more dangerous predators . Jays valiantly protect their mates and young , and many mate for life . A group of jays was once recorded feeding and guarding an old ...
... turn perform an invaluable service by alerting other birds of even more dangerous predators . Jays valiantly protect their mates and young , and many mate for life . A group of jays was once recorded feeding and guarding an old ...
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... turn up one of these days ? A logging truck thunders by , then another . We cruise the Spruce Grouse area twice but no luck , and suddenly it's light . We're quiet on the drive back home , discouraged , but already calculating how soon ...
... turn up one of these days ? A logging truck thunders by , then another . We cruise the Spruce Grouse area twice but no luck , and suddenly it's light . We're quiet on the drive back home , discouraged , but already calculating how soon ...
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... turn a bend and are gone . We've already added goldeneyes to our year lists , but this little flock on this frozen morning is a gift of beauty and warmth . Canada Geese and many kinds of ducks can be seen during the worst of a Northland ...
... turn a bend and are gone . We've already added goldeneyes to our year lists , but this little flock on this frozen morning is a gift of beauty and warmth . Canada Geese and many kinds of ducks can be seen during the worst of a Northland ...
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... turn more and more to bird feeders for sustenance . They twitter constantly , and also make an ascending note like a goldfinch's or a pet canary's — they often respond to imitations of this call . Gyrfalcons have wintered in the Duluth ...
... turn more and more to bird feeders for sustenance . They twitter constantly , and also make an ascending note like a goldfinch's or a pet canary's — they often respond to imitations of this call . Gyrfalcons have wintered in the Duluth ...
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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.