Of Discovery & Destiny: An Anthology of American Writers and the American LandRobert C. Baron, Elizabeth Darby Junkin An anthology of poetry, short stores, and excerpts from longer works about the American experience of the land and nature by a variety of American authors past and present. |
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Page 55
... birds in this country . He kept careful meteorological records for de- cades . He set down detailed facts about the trees of Virginia . He classi- fied its animals . He recorded the comparative weights of red , gray , and black ...
... birds in this country . He kept careful meteorological records for de- cades . He set down detailed facts about the trees of Virginia . He classi- fied its animals . He recorded the comparative weights of red , gray , and black ...
Page 58
... birds joined in a twittering crescendo . We were in the midst of that curious phenomenon some- times referred to as the " confusion chorus . " The psychology of the bird of prey directs it toward an individual which it pursues . By ...
... birds joined in a twittering crescendo . We were in the midst of that curious phenomenon some- times referred to as the " confusion chorus . " The psychology of the bird of prey directs it toward an individual which it pursues . By ...
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... birds so long that he was beginning to take on their behavior ; the first thing Sutton would do after killing a bird for his study was to preen the bird better than the bird itself might have . This poem was written by Sutton the year ...
... birds so long that he was beginning to take on their behavior ; the first thing Sutton would do after killing a bird for his study was to preen the bird better than the bird itself might have . This poem was written by Sutton the year ...
Contents
John and Mildred Teal Life and Death of the Salt Marsh | 14 |
Hal Borland High Wide and Lonesome | 30 |
William W Warner Beautiful Swimmers | 48 |
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