Bird Stories from Burroughs


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What a better way to learn about birds than to read this delightful collection of interesting bird stories! John Burroughs was a nature essayist. These creative, observation- and emotion-driven stories about birds (largely from the Northeastern states), have been gathered together into a single volume from all his various works. Every chapter follows one species of birds, and the chapters have been arranged chronologically according to the time of the bird's arrival during the year. This collection has lovely illustrations of the birds by Louis Agassiz Fuertes, and some stories also have poems to go along with them. (Summary by The Publisher's Note and Anusha) (4 hr 10 min)

Chapters

The Bluebird + The Bluebird (poem) 21:59 Read by Sandra Cullum
The Robin 10:24 Read by Sandra Cullum
The Flicker 11:09 Read by Sandra Cullum
The Phoebe + The Coming of Phoebe (poem) 5:50 Read by Sandra Cullum
The Cowbird 5:04 Read by Sandra Cullum
The Chipping Sparrow 4:03 Read by Anusha Iyer
The Chewink 4:37 Read by Sandra Cullum
The Brown Thrasher 8:15 Read by Sandra Cullum
The House Wren 9:47 Read by Sandra Cullum
The Song Sparrow 13:20 Read by Sandra Cullum
The Chinmey Swift 12:28 Read by Sandra Cullum
The Oven-Bird 5:11 Read by Sandra Cullum
The Catbird 8:40 Read by Sandra Cullum
The Bobolink + The Bobolink (poem) 9:14 Read by Anusha Iyer
The Wood Thrush 10:34 Read by Mickey T.
The Baltimore Oriole 5:27 Read by Mickey T.
The Whip-poor-will 7:57 Read by Sandra Cullum
The Black-Throated Blue Warbler 9:54 Read by Jairus Amar
The Marsh Hawk 18:33 Read by Availle
The Winter Wren 5:02 Read by Anastasiia Solokha
The Cedar-Bird 4:12 Read by Robin Cotter
The Goldfinch 6:43 Read by Robin Cotter
The Hen-Hawk 4:01 Read by Availle
The Ruffed Grouse, or Partridge + The Partridge (poem) 5:33 Read by Denise Nordell
The Crow + The Crow (poem) 9:02 Read by Denise Nordell
The Northern Shrike 4:25 Read by Denise Nordell
The Screech Owl 9:26 Read by Availle
The Chickadee 4:44 Read by Robin Cotter
The Downy Woodpecker + The Downy Woodpecker (poem) 15:16 Read by Anusha Iyer