The Burgess Bird Book for Children
by Thornton W. BURGESS (1874 - 1965)THE WATCHMAN OF THE OLD ORCHARD: The Kingbird and the Great Crested Flycatcher.
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 FISHERMAN ROBBED: The Osprey and the Bald-headed Eagle. , A FISHING PARTY: The Great Blue Heron and the Kingfisher. , A MAKER OF THUNDER AND A FRIEND IN BLACK: The Ruffed Grouse and the Crow Blackbird. , A NEW FRIEND AND AN OLD ONE: The Cardinal and the Catbird. , A ROBBER IN THE OLD ORCHARD: The Purple Martin and the Barn Swallow. , A ROYAL DRESSER AND A LATE NESTER: The Purple Linnet and the Goldfinch. , A STRANGER AND A DANDY: The English Starling and the Cedar Waxwing. , A SWALLOW AND ONE WHO ISN'T: The Tree Swallow and the Chimney Swift. , BOB WHITE AND CAROL THE MEADOW LARK: The So-called Quail and the Meadow Lark. , DRUMMERS AND CARPENTERS: The Downy, Hairy and Red-headed Woodpeckers. , FAREWELLS AND WELCOMES: The Chickadee. , HONKER AND DIPPY ARRIVE: The Canada Goose and the Loon. , JENNY WREN'S COUSINS: The Brown Thrasher and the Mockingbird. , LONGBILL AND TEETER: The Woodcock and the Spotted Sandpiper. , MORE FOLKS IN RED: The Pine Grosbeak and the Redpoll. , MORE FRIENDS COME WITH THE SNOW: The Snow Bunting and the Horned Lark. , MORE OF THE BLACKBIRD FAMILY: The Orchard Oriole and the Bobolink. , MORE ROBBERS: The Crow and the Blue Jay. , MOURNER THE DOVE AND CUCKOO: The Mourning Dove and the Yellow-billed Cuckoo. , OLD CLOTHES AND OLD HOUSES: The Wood Peewee and Some Nesting Places. , PETER DISCOVERS TWO OLD FRIENDS: The White-breasted Nuthatch and the Brown Creeper. , PETER GETS A LAME NECK: The Parula, Myrtle and Magnolia Warblers. , PETER LEARNS SOMETHING ABOUT SPOOKY: The Screech Owl. , PETER SAVES A FRIEND AND LEARNS SOMETHING: The Towhee and the Indigo Bunting. , PETER SEES ROSEBREAST AND FINDS REDCOAT: The Rose-breasted Grosbeak and the Scarlet Tanager. , 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. , REDWING AND YELLOW WING: The Red-winged Blackbird and the Golden-winged Flicker. , SOME BIG MOUTHS: The Nighthawk, the Whip-poor-will and Chuck-wills-widow. , SOME FEATHERED DIGGERS: The Bank Swallow, the Kingfisher and the Sparrow Hawk. , SOME HOMES IN THE GREEN FOREST: The Crow, the Oven Bird and the Red-tailed Hawk. , SOME MERRY SEED-EATERS: The Tree Sparrow and the Junco. , SOME UNLIKE RELATIVES: The Cowbird and the Baltimore Oriole. , THE CONSTANT SINGERS: The Red-eyed, Warbling and Yellow-throated Vireos. , THE WARBLERS ARRIVE: The Redstart and the Yellow Warbler. , THREE COUSINS QUITE UNLIKE: The Black and White Warbler, the Maryland Yellow-Throat and the Yellow-breasted Chat. , VOICE OF THE DUSK: he Wood, Hermit and Wilson's Thrushes.