Our Feathered Friends
Elizabeth Grinnell
Gelesen von LibriVox Volunteers
This volume displays the romance of birds in beautiful prose and dialog in simple language for children and adults alike. Written by a mother and son team of naturalists, chapters describe various aspects of the life and habits of birds highlighting specific birds from owls to hummingbirds. From the introduction:
“Seek the children, little book: Bid them love the bird's retreat . . . Bid them find their secrets out, How to understand their words.”
- Summary by Larry Wilson (3 hr 18 min)
Kapitel
| Introduction | 5:41 | Gelesen von Larry Wilson |
| The Message of a Mocking-bird | 5:08 | Gelesen von Sue Gill |
| Some People We Like to Know | 5:57 | Gelesen von Stacy Dugan-Wilcox |
| Civilized Birds | 5:31 | Gelesen von Stacy Dugan-Wilcox |
| How Birds Dress | 6:12 | Gelesen von Stacy Dugan-Wilcox |
| How Madam Bird Combs Her Hair | 8:06 | Gelesen von mleigh |
| What Birds Carry in Their Pockets | 10:36 | Gelesen von mleigh |
| Child Birds | 5:01 | Gelesen von MaybeCordelia |
| How Baby Birds are Fed | 5:39 | Gelesen von MaybeCordelia |
| At Meal-time | 7:47 | Gelesen von Andrea Kotzer |
| Seed-eaters and Meat-eaters | 7:37 | Gelesen von SmilingJade |
| Some Birds with a Bad Name | 10:31 | Gelesen von SmilingJade |
| Before Breakfast | 7:45 | Gelesen von SmilingJade |
| Our Birds' Restaurant—Meals at All Hours | 9:30 | Gelesen von SmilingJade |
| Umbrellas and Other Things | 10:33 | Gelesen von SmilingJade |
| Cradle Making | 5:07 | Gelesen von MaybeCordelia |
| Our Screech Owl | 6:23 | Gelesen von Colleen McMahon |
| Birds at Work and Play | 6:28 | Gelesen von Colleen McMahon |
| Some Other Birds at Work | 8:59 | Gelesen von Colleen McMahon |
| A Pet Humming-bird | 4:35 | Gelesen von Samikshaya Ananthakrishnan |
| How We Took the Humming-birds' Pictures | 7:20 | Gelesen von MaybeCordelia |
| Our Robin Redbreast | 7:08 | Gelesen von Sue Gill |
| More about Our Robin | 9:19 | Gelesen von Sue Gill |
| Going to Bed and Getting Up | 8:01 | Gelesen von BettyB |
| Mrs. Towhee Proposes a Garden Party | 7:06 | Gelesen von briannag |
| At the Garden Party | 7:45 | Gelesen von MaybeCordelia |
| Our Bird Hospital | 4:30 | Gelesen von BettyB |
| A Splendid Collection | 4:43 | Gelesen von Larry Wilson |