Wake Robin is a book written by John Burrows, an American naturalist and essayist. The book is a collection of essays that focus on the natural world and its inhabitants, particularly birds. The essays are written in a poetic and descriptive style, capturing the beauty and wonder of the natural world. Burrows writes about his observations of birds and their behavior, as well as his experiences exploring the woods and fields of rural America. He also reflects on the relationship between humans and nature, and the need to ...
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Wake Robin is a book written by John Burrows, an American naturalist and essayist. The book is a collection of essays that focus on the natural world and its inhabitants, particularly birds. The essays are written in a poetic and descriptive style, capturing the beauty and wonder of the natural world. Burrows writes about his observations of birds and their behavior, as well as his experiences exploring the woods and fields of rural America. He also reflects on the relationship between humans and nature, and the need to protect and preserve the environment. Wake Robin is a timeless classic that continues to inspire and educate readers about the beauty and importance of the natural world.In visiting vast primitive, far-off woods one naturally expects to find something rare and precious, or something entirely new, but it commonly happens that one is disappointed. Thoreau made three excursions into the Maine woods, and, though he started the moose and the caribou, had nothing more novel to report by way of bird notes than the songs of the wood thrush and the pewee. This was about my own experience in the Adirondacks. The birds for the most part prefer the vicinity of settlements and clearings, and it was at such places that I saw the greatest number and variety.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.
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