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photographing stuffed birds in front of appropriate backgrounds, since cameras of the time could not take good photographs of living birds. The published photographs were also limited by the color printing technologies of the time, and some of the darker birds have been described as looking like "they had been dipped in shoe polish."
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After discussing the scientific classification of birds by families, Blanchan lists 19 "habitats" where birds can be found (such as "birds seen near the edges of woods" and "birds found near salt water"), and groups the birds themselves by size and color. The 52 color illustrations were produced by
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In oozy pastures where a brook lazily finds its way through the farm is the ideal pleasure ground of this "bird of society." His notes, "h'-wa-ker-ee" or "con-quer-ee" (on an ascending scale), are liquid in quality, suggesting the sweet, moist, cool retreats where he nests ... satisfied with
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praised the book's color prints and its ability to be "understood by all readers," and the following year included it in a list of "150 books for summer reading."
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cut-worms, grubs, and insects, or with fruit and grain for his food – the blackbird is an impressive and helpful example of how to get the best out of life.
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sold over 250,000 copies, helping to make the author the best-selling female nature writer of her time.
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praised it as "reliable" as well as "written in a vivacious strain by a real bird lover."
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Nature's Garden: An Aid to Knowledge of our Wild Flowers and their Insect Visitors
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In the Field, Among the Feathered: A History of Birders & Their Guides
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1898 edition from archive.org (includes full-color illustrations)
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Women in the Biological Sciences: A Biobibliographic Sourcebook
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Notable American Women, 1607–1950: A Biographical Dictionary
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Among the "birds conspicuously black" in the book is the
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In: Grinstein, L. S., Biermann, C. A., and Rose, K. R.,
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Index

Neltje Blanchan
Doubleday

red-winged blackbird
Neltje Blanchan
John Burroughs
red-winged blackbird
The New York Times
Doubleday
Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation
Nature's Garden: An Aid to Knowledge of our Wild Flowers and their Insect Visitors
Wild Flowers Worth Knowing
Birdwatching
History of photography



In the Field, Among the Feathered: A History of Birders & Their Guides
ISBN
0199734593




Neltje Blanchan.
ISBN
0313346801
Doubleday, Neltje Blanchan De Graff.
ISBN
0674627342

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