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The Bird Study Book
by Thomas Gilbert Pearson (1873-1943)
Do you enjoy birdwatching? Would you like to learn a little more about the early conservations efforts to protect wild birds? In the Preface to The Bird Study Book, Pearson tells us “This book was written for the consideration of that ever-increasing class of Americans who are interested in acquiring a greater familiarity with the habits and activities of wild birds. Attention is also given to the relation of birds to mankind and the effect of civilisation on the bird-life of the country. ” An avid ornithologist, T. Gilbert Pearson (1873-1943) was a co-founder in 1905 of the National Association of Audubon Societies of which he was first secretary and then president for many years. He was also a pioneer of the conservation movement in the United States, international bird protection and broad nature education for school-aged children.
(Audubon Magazine. 42: 370–371. Nov-Dec 1943)
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Total running time: 4:01:29
Read by J. M. Smallheer
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- 01 – Preface/First Acquaintance With the Birds – 00:16:03
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[ogg vorbis - 7.7MB] - 02 – The Life About the Nest – 00:19:24
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[ogg vorbis - 9.3MB] - 03 – Domestic Life of the Birds – 00:17:25
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[ogg vorbis - 8.4MB] - 04 – The Migration of Birds – 00:17:22
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[ogg vorbis - 8.3MB] - 05 – The Birds in Winter – 00:27:19
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[ogg vorbis - 13.1MB] - 06 – The Economic Value of Birds – 00:16:58
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[ogg vorbis - 8.1MB] - 07 – Civilization’s Effect on the Bird Supply – 00:15:57
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[ogg vorbis - 7.7MB] - 08 – The Traffic in Feathers – 00:25:26
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[ogg vorbis - 12.2MB] - 09 – Bird Protective Laws and Their Enforcement…How Laws Are Made – 00:22:28
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[ogg vorbis - 10.8MB] - 10 – Bird Reservations – 00:22:29
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[ogg vorbis - 10.8MB] - 11 – Making Bird Sanctuaries – 00:21:27
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[ogg vorbis - 10.3MB] - 12 – Teaching Bird Study – 00:19:11
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Cataloged on June 17, 2007













