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Birds in the Calendar

Gelesen von Ruth Golding

(4,692 Sterne; 13 Bewertungen)

Delightful sketches of British wild birds - a bird for every month of the year from the pheasant in January to the robin in December. This collection of articles, reprinted in book form from the periodical The Outlook, is full of fascinating information about bird behaviour and habitat, as well as many interesting anecdotes. (Summary by Ruth Golding) (2 hr 29 min)

Chapters

January: The Pheasant

9:30

Read by Ruth Golding

February: The Woodcock

13:12

Read by Ruth Golding

March: The Woodpigeon

11:58

Read by Ruth Golding

April: Birds in the High Hall Garden

11:35

Read by Ruth Golding

May: The Cuckoo

13:45

Read by Ruth Golding

June: Voices of the Night

12:05

Read by Ruth Golding

July: Swifts, Swallows and Martins

12:24

Read by Ruth Golding

August: The Seagull

14:42

Read by Ruth Golding

September: Birds in the Corn

11:22

Read by Ruth Golding

October: The Moping Owl

12:52

Read by Ruth Golding

November: Waterfowl

14:09

Read by Ruth Golding

December: The Robin Redbreast

11:59

Read by Ruth Golding

Bewertungen

(5 Sterne)

For a characteristically educational book, the tone is surprisingly comical. Full of fun facts and anecdotes, this book shows each species' personality and points out the myths.

Very interesting and informative and of course it is very well r

(5 Sterne)

Short but good

(3 Sterne)

I quite enjoyed this short book and appreciated the fact that the author mentioned birds from other countries. There were references to the sport of bird hunting and shooting, particularly in the early part of the book. But I guess that's a reflection of the time and place it was written. I'd never considered the fact that game birds were bred (and probably still are) for the purpose of sport. I listened to this in the wee hours of the morning, and thanks to the wonderful narration fell asleep rather quickly. So I probably didn't learn as much from it as I would if I had listened to it during waking hours.