The Burgess Bird Book for Children
by Thornton W. BURGESS (1874 - 1965)MOURNER THE DOVE AND CUCKOO: The Mourning Dove and the Yellow-billed Cuckoo.
The Burgess Bird Book for Children is a zoology book written in the form of a story featuring Peter Rabbit. Peter learns from his friend Jenny Wren all about the birds of North America, and we meet many of them in the Old Orchard, the Green Meadow, and the Green Forest. (summary by Laurie Anne Walden)
Listen next episodes of The Burgess Bird Book for Children:
A BUTCHER AND A HUMMER: The Shrike and the Ruby-throated Hummingbird. , A STRANGER AND A DANDY: The English Starling and the Cedar Waxwing. , FAREWELLS AND WELCOMES: The Chickadee. , HONKER AND DIPPY ARRIVE: The Canada Goose and the Loon. , MORE FOLKS IN RED: The Pine Grosbeak and the Redpoll. , MORE FRIENDS COME WITH THE SNOW: The Snow Bunting and the Horned Lark. , PETER DISCOVERS TWO OLD FRIENDS: The White-breasted Nuthatch and the Brown Creeper. , PETER LEARNS SOMETHING ABOUT SPOOKY: The Screech Owl. , PETER SEES TWO TERRIBLE FEATHERED HUNTERS: The Goshawk and the Great Horned Owl. , QUEER FEET AND A QUEERER BILL: The Ruffed Grouse and the Crossbills. , SOME MERRY SEED-EATERS: The Tree Sparrow and the Junco.