A Birding On A Bronco

A-Birding on a Bronco is a naturalist piece by Florence Augusta Merriam Bailey. It shares a record of the writer's birding observations over a couple of years in southern California.

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Book Excerptrted uneasily and wanted to get out of the way. Down over our heads, and then high up in the air, he would swing back and forth in an arc. One day he must have shot at us half a dozen times, and another day, over a spot in the brush near us, --probably, where the nest was, --he did the same thing a dozen times in quick succession.In the midst of the brush corner were a number of pretty round oaks, in one of which the warblers gathered. My favorite tree was in blossom and alive with buzzing insects, which may have accounted for the presence of the warblers. While I sat in the saddle watching the dainty birds decked out in black and gold, Canello rested his nose in the cleft of the tree, quite unmindful of the busy warblers that flitted about the branches, darting up for insects or chasing down by his nose after falling millers.One morning the ranchman's little girl rode over to school behind me on Canello, pillion fashion. As we pushed through the brush and into the opening by the schoolhouse, scRead Mo

Florence Augusta Merriam Bailey (August 8, 1863 - September 22, 1948) was an American ornithologist and nature writer. She started observing bird behavior at a time when most bird study was based on collections and skins. By 1885, she began to write articles focusing on protecting birds. Her introduction of a birdwatching field guide, aimed at living birds, is considered the first in the tradition of modern bird guides. She wrote the first of these at the age of 26, initially as a series of notes in the Audubon Magazine and later as books. In "A-Birding on a Bronco," she writes an engaging memoir about her several trips to study birds on a ranch in California in the late 1800's. First Page: Books by Florence A. Merriam. BIRDS THROUGH AN OPERA GLASS. In Riverside Library for Young People. Illustrated. 16mo, 75 cents. MY SUMMER IN A MORMON VILLAGE. 16mo, $1.00. A BIRDING ON A BRONCO. Illustrated. 16mo, $1.25. HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN & CO. BOSTON AND NEW YORK. [Illustration: MOUNTAIN BILLY UNDER THE GNATCATCHER'S OAK] A BIRDING ON A BRONCO BY FLORENCE A. MERRIAM I do invite you ... to my house ... after, we'll a birding together. SHAKESPEARE. ILLUSTRATED [Illustration: The Riverside Press.] BOSTON AND NEW YORK HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN AND COMPANY The Riverside Press, Cambridge 1896 Copyright, 1896, By FLORENCE A. MERRIAM. All rights reserved. The Riverside Press, Cambridge, Mass., U.S.A. Electrotyped and Printed by H. O. Houghton & Company. PREFATORY NOTE.

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