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06:26:37
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Catalog date:
2025-06-05
Read by:
Jonathon Kirk
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Jack Miner and the Birds and Some Things I Know about Nature

Jack Miner (1865 - 1944)

Recollections of personal experiences and observations by a noted Canadian conservationist and influential figure in the practice of banding birds. - Summary by Jonathon Kirk

Genre(s): Animals, Nature

Language: English

Keyword(s): nature (890), birds (144), conservation (10), migration (5), wildlife management (1)

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 00 Preface and Introduction Jonathon Kirk
 00:16:46
Play 01 Chapter 1 Who is Jack Miner and Chapter 2 My First Pets Jonathon Kirk
 00:08:12
Play 02 Chapter 3 Market Hunting and Chapter 4 Our Faithful Dogs Jonathon Kirk
 00:07:58
Play 03 Chapter 5 Bob White Quail and Chapter 6 Raising English or Ring-necked Pheasants in Canada Jonathon Kirk
 00:23:25
Play 04 Chapter 7 The Natural Enemy of Our Birds and Chapter 8 Some Things I have Known Cannibal Birds to Do Jonathon Kirk
 00:28:31
Play 05 Chapter 9 Weasels, and How to Destroy Them and Chapter 10 Robins Jonathon Kirk
 00:20:54
Play 06 Chapter 11 The Bluebirds and Chapter 12 Woodpeckers Jonathon Kirk
 00:10:47
Play 07 Chapter 13 The Swallow Family and Chapter 14 Wild Duck Hunting Jonathon Kirk
 00:24:55
Play 08 Chapter 15 Knowledge and Ways of the Wild Duck and Chapter 16 Do Birds Return to Their Same Homes? Jonathon Kirk
 00:24:34
Play 09 Chapter 17 Birds as Missionary Messengers and Chapter 18 How Wild Ducks Conceal Their Nests Jonathon Kirk
 00:13:29
Play 10 Chapter 19 My Last Distinguished Family of Pet Ducks and Chapter 20 Ducks' Love Soon Ceases Jonathon Kirk
 00:12:09
Play 11 Chapter 21 The Migration of Ducks and Chapter 22 Can Birds Smell? Jonathon Kirk
 00:24:56
Play 12 Chapter 23 The Canada Goose Jonathon Kirk
 00:34:06
Play 13 Chapter 24 Nesting Canada Geese and Chapter 25 Our Model Canada Goose Jonathon Kirk
 00:18:24
Play 14 Chapter 26 Do Birds Have a Language? and Chapter 27 The Career of Jack Johnson Jonathon Kirk
 00:30:31
Play 15 Chapter 28 The Migration of Our Canada Geese and Chapter 29 Catching and Tagging the Wild Goose Jonathon Kirk
 00:26:26
Play 16 Chapter 30 Game Protection and Chapter 31 Creating a Bird Sanctuary Jonathon Kirk
 00:18:46
Play 17 Chapter 32 Our Native Swans and Chapter 33 The Line of Migration Jonathon Kirk
 00:08:19
Play 18 Chapter 34 Inquiries and Answers Jonathon Kirk
 00:23:52
Play 19 Chapter 35 Sportsmanship and Chapter 36 Conclusion Jonathon Kirk
 00:09:37