A-Birding on a Bronco
Florence A. Merriam and Florence A. Merriam Bailey
Read by J. M. Smallheer
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
Cheryl Stewart
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..