Birds of Song and Story

Elizabeth Grinnell (1851 - 1935) and Joseph Grinnell (1877 - 1939)

This mother and son team, each distinguished in their field, collaborate to give charming portraits of a dozen of our favorite song birds. Their use of poetry and flowing prose makes each of these birds come alive in and endearing and accessible way. - Summary by Larry Wilson

Genre(s): Animals, Nature

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 00 Poem The Birds Singers and Their Songs Larry Wilson
00:15:49
Play 01 Our Comrade the Robin czandra
00:20:52
Play 02 The Mocking-Bird Owlivia
00:11:59
Play 03 The Cat-Bird Jill Engle
00:07:24
Play 04 The Hermit-Thrush Kathleen Danielson
00:07:53
Play 05 The Grosbeaks Jill Engle
00:14:59
Play 06 The Orioles jenno
00:16:02
Play 07 The Biography of a Canary-Bird Rita Boutros
00:24:21
Play 08 Sparrows and Sparrows jenno
00:19:27
Play 09 The Story of the Summer Yellowbird Rita Boutros
00:23:38
Play 10 The Bluebird J. M. Smallheer
00:12:01
Play 11 The Tanager People mleigh
00:14:07
Play 12 The Meadow-Lark jenno
00:16:21
Play 13 Skylark (Horned Lark) jenno
00:10:56
Play 14 Bobolink Kathleen Danielson
00:16:01
Play 15 At Nesting-Time Rita Boutros
00:30:07
Play 16 The Romance of Ornithology Larry Wilson
00:11:26