Birds in Town and Village |
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| Author:
| Hudson, William Henry
Smith, W. A. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4192-1010-5 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 2004 |
| Publisher: | Kessinger Publishing, LLC
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $1.99 |
Book Description:
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THIS IS A DOWNLOADABLE E-BOOK. Just out of hearing of the grasshopper warblers, there was a good-sized pool of water on the common, probably an old gravel-pit, its bottom now overgrown with rushes. A sedge warbler, the only one on the common, lived in the masses of bramble and gorse on its banks; and birds of so many kinds came to it to drink and bathe that the pool became a favourite spot with me. One evening, just before sunset, as I lingered near it, a pied wagtail darted out of...
More DescriptionTHIS IS A DOWNLOADABLE E-BOOK. Just out of hearing of the grasshopper warblers, there was a good-sized pool of water on the common, probably an old gravel-pit, its bottom now overgrown with rushes. A sedge warbler, the only one on the common, lived in the masses of bramble and gorse on its banks; and birds of so many kinds came to it to drink and bathe that the pool became a favourite spot with me. One evening, just before sunset, as I lingered near it, a pied wagtail darted out of some low scrub at my feet and fluttered, as if wounded, over the turf for a space of ten or twelve yards before flying away.