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The Children's Book of Birds

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  1. Preface

    2:53

  2. FIRST BOOK: What you want to know

    2:09

  3. When they come in the Spring

    3:58

  4. THE NESTLING: The Bird's Home

    4:50

  5. The Baby Bird

    5:17

  6. How he is fed

    5:21

  7. His First Suit

    4:52

  8. How he changes his Clothes

    4:42

  9. His First Flight

    5:39

  10. His Education

    5:23

  11. Some of his Lessons

    5:15

  12. THE BIRD GROWN UP: The Bird's Language

    6:40

  13. What he eats

    4:41

  14. More about his Food

    6:04

  15. Where he sleeps

    4:51

  16. His Travels

    5:45

  17. His Winter Home

    4:45

  18. His Family and Friends

    4:23

  19. His Kindness to others

    4:51

  20. His Affections

    5:58

  21. His Intelligence

    7:53

  22. HOW HE IS MADE:His Body

    6:39

  23. His Beak and Tongue

    6:56

  24. His Eyes and Ears

    8:45

  25. His Feet and Legs

    5:58

  26. His Wings and Tail

    5:49

  27. His Dress

    6:22

  28. Different colored Suits

    7:20

  29. HIS RELATIONS WITH US: How he works for us

    8:44

  30. How to attract him about our homes

    7:18

  31. How to study him

    14:03

  32. SECOND BOOK: What is a Bird Family?

    5:24

  33. The Thrush Family

    13:54

  34. The Kinglet and Gnatcatcher Family

    5:12

  35. The Nuthatch and Chickadee Family

    14:27

  36. The Creeper Family

    3:18

  37. The Cave-dwelling Family (First Branch)

    5:23

  38. The Cave-dwelling Family (Second Branch)

    11:06

  39. The Dipper Family

    5:14

  40. The Wagtail Family

    3:05

  41. The Warbler Family

    8:47

  42. The Vireo Family

    4:17

  43. The Shrike Family

    5:14

  44. The Waxwing Family

    6:20

  45. The Swallow Family

    5:57

  46. The Tanager Family

    6:00

  47. The Sparrow and Finch Family

    8:57

  48. The Grosbeak Branch

    6:51

  49. The Crossbill Branch

    3:25

  50. The Blackbird Family

    8:20

  51. The Meadow Starlings

    4:07

  52. The Oriole Branch

    8:38

  53. The Crow-Blackbird Branch

    9:47

  54. The Crow Family

    18:56

  55. The Lark Family

    5:01

  56. The Flycatching Family

    11:33

  57. The Humming Family

    9:55

  58. The Swift Family

    6:32

  59. The Goatsucker Family

    6:18

  60. The Woodpecker Family

    14:17

  61. The Kingfisher Family

    5:49

  62. The Cuckoo Family

    5:07

  63. The Owl Family

    12:31

  64. The Barn Owl Family

    6:09

  65. The Hawk and Eagle Family

    10:50

  66. The Scavenger Family

    3:16

  67. Appendix

    18:00

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Spring arrivals, nestlings learning to fly, and birds settling into winter quarters give Olive Thorne Miller a way to introduce young readers to bird life. Her illustrated nature book moves through feeding, calls, feathers, wings, and the ordinary business of finding shelter. Later chapters sort American birds into families, with familiar species such as chickadees, swallows, robins, and woodpeckers giving beginners concrete starting points for observation.

The account of the water ouzel brings this approach into sharp focus. Miller describes a bird moving beneath a rushing stream, singing through cold weather, and eagerly entering a shower of water tossed from a cup. Sprague's pipit offers another example, singing high above the plains. These small scenes make behavior as interesting as appearance. For readers beginning to watch birds, the book offers an accessible introduction to their habits and a historical example of nature study written for children.

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Reading time
About 5 hours
Pages
247
Language
English
Formats
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Audio read by
jenno, prajak, Marie Christian and others