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Bird Neighbors
Book Excerpt: a loss, Isaid, to the coming generations of dwellers in the country -- no bluebird inthe spring! What will the farm-boy date from? But the fear was groundless: thebirds are regaining their lost ground; broods of young blue-coats are againseen drifting from stake to stake or from mullen-stalk to mullen-stalk aboutthe fields in summer, and our April air will doubtless again be warmed andthrilled by this lovely harbinger of spring. -- JOHN BURROUGHS, August 19,1897PREFACENot to have so much as a bowing acquaintance with the birds that nest in ourgardens or under the very eaves of our houses; that haunt our wood-piles; keepour fruit-trees free from slugs; waken us with their songs, and enliven ourwalks along the roadside and through the woods, seems to be, at least, abreach of etiquette toward some of our most kindly disposed neighbors.Birds of prey, game and water birds are not included in the book. Thefollowing pages are intended to be nothing more than a familiar introductionto the biRead More
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Bird Neighbors
Book Excerpt: a loss, Isaid, to the coming generations of dwellers in the country -- no bluebird inthe spring! What will the farm-boy date from? But the fear was groundless: thebirds are regaining their lost ground; broods of young blue-coats are againseen drifting from stake to stake or from mullen-stalk to mullen-stalk aboutthe fields in summer, and our April air will doubtless again be warmed andthrilled by this lovely harbinger of spring. -- JOHN BURROUGHS, August 19,1897PREFACENot to have so much as a bowing acquaintance with the birds that nest in ourgardens or under the very eaves of our houses; that haunt our wood-piles; keepour fruit-trees free from slugs; waken us with their songs, and enliven ourwalks along the roadside and through the woods, seems to be, at least, abreach of etiquette toward some of our most kindly disposed neighbors.Birds of prey, game and water birds are not included in the book. Thefollowing pages are intended to be nothing more than a familiar introductionto the biRead More
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Bird Neighbors

Bird Neighbors

by Neltje Blanchan
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Bird Neighbors

by Neltje Blanchan

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Book Excerpt: a loss, Isaid, to the coming generations of dwellers in the country -- no bluebird inthe spring! What will the farm-boy date from? But the fear was groundless: thebirds are regaining their lost ground; broods of young blue-coats are againseen drifting from stake to stake or from mullen-stalk to mullen-stalk aboutthe fields in summer, and our April air will doubtless again be warmed andthrilled by this lovely harbinger of spring. -- JOHN BURROUGHS, August 19,1897PREFACENot to have so much as a bowing acquaintance with the birds that nest in ourgardens or under the very eaves of our houses; that haunt our wood-piles; keepour fruit-trees free from slugs; waken us with their songs, and enliven ourwalks along the roadside and through the woods, seems to be, at least, abreach of etiquette toward some of our most kindly disposed neighbors.Birds of prey, game and water birds are not included in the book. Thefollowing pages are intended to be nothing more than a familiar introductionto the biRead More

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ISBN-13: 9781533035431
Publisher: CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date: 05/01/2016
Pages: 186
Product dimensions: 5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.40(d)
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