Jack Miner and the Birds

and Some Things I Know about Nature

by

Read by Jonathon Kirk

English · 1923 · 6h 26m · Animals & Nature, Memoirs

4.2 (6 reviews)

Recollections of personal experiences and observations by a noted Canadian conservationist and influential figure in the practice of banding birds. - Summary by Jonathon Kirk

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Preface and Introduction 16:46 Read by Jonathon Kirk
Chapter 1 Who is Jack Miner and Chapter 2 My First Pets 8:12 Read by Jonathon Kirk
Chapter 3 Market Hunting and Chapter 4 Our Faithful Dogs 7:58 Read by Jonathon Kirk
Chapter 5 Bob White Quail and Chapter 6 Raising English or Ring-necked Pheasants in Canada 23:25 Read by Jonathon Kirk
Chapter 7 The Natural Enemy of Our Birds and Chapter 8 Some Things I have Known Cannibal Birds to Do 28:31 Read by Jonathon Kirk
Chapter 9 Weasels, and How to Destroy Them and Chapter 10 Robins 20:54 Read by Jonathon Kirk
Chapter 11 The Bluebirds and Chapter 12 Woodpeckers 10:47 Read by Jonathon Kirk
Chapter 13 The Swallow Family and Chapter 14 Wild Duck Hunting 24:55 Read by Jonathon Kirk
Chapter 15 Knowledge and Ways of the Wild Duck and Chapter 16 Do Birds Return to Their Same Homes? 24:34 Read by Jonathon Kirk
Chapter 17 Birds as Missionary Messengers and Chapter 18 How Wild Ducks Conceal Their Nests 13:29 Read by Jonathon Kirk
Chapter 19 My Last Distinguished Family of Pet Ducks and Chapter 20 Ducks' Love Soon Ceases 12:09 Read by Jonathon Kirk
Chapter 21 The Migration of Ducks and Chapter 22 Can Birds Smell? 24:56 Read by Jonathon Kirk
Chapter 23 The Canada Goose 34:06 Read by Jonathon Kirk
Chapter 24 Nesting Canada Geese and Chapter 25 Our Model Canada Goose 18:24 Read by Jonathon Kirk
Chapter 26 Do Birds Have a Language? and Chapter 27 The Career of Jack Johnson 30:31 Read by Jonathon Kirk
Chapter 28 The Migration of Our Canada Geese and Chapter 29 Catching and Tagging the Wild Goose 26:26 Read by Jonathon Kirk
Chapter 30 Game Protection and Chapter 31 Creating a Bird Sanctuary 18:46 Read by Jonathon Kirk
Chapter 32 Our Native Swans and Chapter 33 The Line of Migration 8:19 Read by Jonathon Kirk
Chapter 34 Inquiries and Answers 23:52 Read by Jonathon Kirk
Chapter 35 Sportsmanship and Chapter 36 Conclusion 9:37 Read by Jonathon Kirk

Reviews

Jack Miner and the Birds.


(3 stars)

The reader is great; the writer is a product of the pre-conservatism consumptive “sportsman.” Where did all the passenger pigeons go???