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... wild little creature simply likes me ? The Northern Hawk Owl was never common — Audubon didn't see one in all the years he spent in the American wilderness . He painted the hawk owl from stuffed specimens sent to him by Thomas ...
... wild little creature simply likes me ? The Northern Hawk Owl was never common — Audubon didn't see one in all the years he spent in the American wilderness . He painted the hawk owl from stuffed specimens sent to him by Thomas ...
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... wild Rock Doves native to Eurasia , and pigeons have been used for transporting human messages since the days of the ancient Egyptians . Some city pigeons are descendants of heroes from world ware . During World War II , the British ...
... wild Rock Doves native to Eurasia , and pigeons have been used for transporting human messages since the days of the ancient Egyptians . Some city pigeons are descendants of heroes from world ware . During World War II , the British ...
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... wild state , living as their Mediterranean ancestors once did , but most concentrate in cities . These pigeons may be a nui- sance , and their droppings may cause property damage , but at least they don't compete with native species for ...
... wild state , living as their Mediterranean ancestors once did , but most concentrate in cities . These pigeons may be a nui- sance , and their droppings may cause property damage , but at least they don't compete with native species for ...
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... wild beauty of the northern forest , but ravens do not limit their range to the Far North . Over the world the raven wanders , and over the world people take notice . Our forest sentinel is the same raven that rejected the role of ...
... wild beauty of the northern forest , but ravens do not limit their range to the Far North . Over the world the raven wanders , and over the world people take notice . Our forest sentinel is the same raven that rejected the role of ...
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... wild birds of the North Country . The few seeds clinging to trees and shrubs in January have been picked over by February , and snow still lies too deep to expose seeds fallen to the ground . Mice hide securely in their tunnels ; hawks ...
... wild birds of the North Country . The few seeds clinging to trees and shrubs in January have been picked over by February , and snow still lies too deep to expose seeds fallen to the ground . Mice hide securely in their tunnels ; hawks ...
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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.