A-Birding on a Bronco


Read by J. M. Smallheer

(4.2 stars; 6 reviews)

Florence Augusta Merriam Bailey was an American ornithologist and nature writer. She started observing bird behavior at a time when most bird study was based on collections and skins. By 1885, she began to write articles focusing on protecting birds. Her introduction of a birdwatching field guide, aimed at living birds, is considered the first in the tradition of modern bird guides. She wrote the first of these at the age of 26, initially as a series of notes in the Audubon Magazine and later as books. In "A-Birding on a Bronco," she writes an engaging memoir about her several trips to study birds on a ranch in California in the late 1800's. (4 hr 33 min)

Chapters

01 - Our Valley (includes prefatory note 25:55 Read by J. M. Smallheer
02 - The Little Lover 24:06 Read by J. M. Smallheer
03 - Like a Thief in the Night 11:48 Read by J. M. Smallheer
04 - Was It a Sequel? 21:39 Read by J. M. Smallheer
05 - Little Prisoners in the Tower 20:20 Read by J. M. Smallheer
06 - Hints by the Way 6:10 Read by J. M. Smallheer
07 - Around Our Ranch-House 20:00 Read by J. M. Smallheer
08 - Pocket Makers 10:14 Read by J. M. Smallheer
09 - The Big Sycamore 13:48 Read by J. M. Smallheer
10 - Among My Tenants 22:14 Read by J. M. Smallheer
11 - An Unnamed Bird 8:03 Read by J. M. Smallheer
12 - Hummers 13:50 Read by J. M. Smallheer
13 - In the Shade of the Oaks 16:23 Read by J. M. Smallheer
14 - A Mysterious Tragedy 3:46 Read by J. M. Smallheer
15 - How I Helped Build a Nest 10:04 Read by J. M. Smallheer
16 - In Our Neighbor's Door-Yard 6:48 Read by J. M. Smallheer
17 - Which Was the Mother Bird? 5:40 Read by J. M. Smallheer
18 - A Rare Bird 20:52 Read by J. M. Smallheer
19 - My Blue Gum Grove 12:00 Read by J. M. Smallheer

Reviews

A delightful book


(5 stars)

Each chapter of this book is a listener's treat. If you like to observe birds or wildlife you will be made happy for a minute by these little stories of bird life. Each chapter is her observations of a particular bird building its nest and raising its young. If you have ever watched a bird unseen, building a nest or feeding it fledglings you are a bird observer and will relate to her stories. Her ability to describe them in cute, funny and yet accurate way is what makes it so entertaining. The LIbrivox volunteer who reads it has done a wonderful job. You think iti s the author telling the story, not someone reading..