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Birds of the Air

by Arabella B. Buckley (1840-1929)

Arabella Buckley had a great love of nature and wished to impart that love to children. Birds of the Air will encourage children to observe birds in their natural environment and notice the habits of each particular bird they encounter. (Summary by Laura Caldwell)

• Mainlesson e-text
• Wikipedia - Arabella Buckley
• LibriVox’s Birds of the Air Internet Archive page
• Zip file of the entire book - 41.2MB
• RSS feed · Subscribe in iTunes · Chapter-a-day

Total running time: 1:25:46
Read by Laura Caldwell

mp3 and ogg files

• 00 - Preface - 00:01:30
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• 01 - Birds We Know - 00:04:35
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• 02 - The Song of Birds - 00:05:28
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• 03 - The Nests of Birds - 00:06:18
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• 04 - Birds’ Eggs - 00:06:23
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• 05 - Baby Birds - 00:05:26
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• 06 - Birds Feeding Their Young - 00:05:41
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• 07 - Where Do Birds Sleep? - 00:05:25
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• 08 - Feeding in Summer - 00:06:52
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• 09 - Migrating in Autumn - 00:05:10
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• 10 - Bird-Food in Winter - 00:05:44
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• 11 - Other Small Birds - 00:05:12
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• 12 - Birds of Prey - 00:05:50
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• 13 - Rooks and Their Companions - 00:05:39
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• 14 - Web-Footed Birds - 00:06:19
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• 15 - Bird Enemies - 00:04:14
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Cataloged on July 08, 2008