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Bird Stories from Burroughs

John Burroughs

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. . .he moss of which it makes such free use gives to its nest the look of a natural growth or accretion. But when it comes into the barn or under the shed to build, as it so frequently does, the moss is rather out of place. Doubtless in time the bird will take the hint, and when she builds in such places will leave the moss out. I noted but two nests the summer I am speaking of: one in a barn failed of issue, on account of the rats, I suspect, though the little owl may have been the depredator; the other, in the woods, sent forth three young. This latter nest was most charmingly and ingeniously placed. I discovered it while in quest of pond-lilies, in a long, deep, level stretch of water in the woods. A large tree had blown over at the edge of the water, and its dense mass of upturned roots, with the black, peaty soil filling the interstices, was like the fragment of a wall several feet high, rising from the edge of the languid current. In a niche in this earthy wall, a. . . Read More

Community Reviews

Although it can be slow at times, this book is an adorable compilation of avian anecdotes and lovingly written poems. The paintings are a nice touch, and everything about this little book screams “Autumn,” though that may be my own bias. Burroughs characterizes each species well, and focuses on an i

"There never was a happier or more devoted husband than the male Bluebird."

"One of the most graceful of warriors is the Robin. I know few prettier sights than two males challenging and curving about each other up on the grass in early spring. Their attentions to each other are so courteous and restr