The Bird Study Book

by Thomas Gilbert Pearson, Will Simmons (Illustrator)

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. 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 the original work.

Genres: Birds, Nature

312 pages, Paperback

First published May 28, 2000

About the author

Thomas Gilbert Pearson (1873–1943), was an American conservationist and one of the first faculty members at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He was a founder of the National Association of Audubon Societies, which became the National Audubon Society.

Reviews

[Jennifer · Rating 4 out of 5]

Published in 1917 by the ornithologist/conservationist largely responsible for the Audubon Society of North Carolina. Wish I'd known this fellow, especially after reading his description of creating an umbrella blind under which to observe birds. And: "On a lonely island in Pamlico Sound I once got some fishermen to cover me with sand and sea-shells, and in that way managed to get a close view of the large flocks of Cormorants that came there to roost every night."

From Pearson, I found out that a hummingbird's nest is "scarcely larger than an English walnut" and that spider webs often hold together the nest's plant fibers. I learned that some birds will use the "cast-off skin" of a snake to build nests. I appreciate how Pearson, in the early part of the 19thC, was able to see jealousy and grief and greed and joy in birds.