10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GROUSE-BEATING»
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grouse-beating in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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1
Backtracking: The Way of a Naturalist
Every morning I heard them patter but found it difficult to pinpoint their location.
The sound of the grouse's beating wings, low and directionless like the roll of
distant thunder, comes from everywhere and nowhere at once. You feel it as
much as ...
2
Going to Glacier National Park
No, you have just experienced a ruffed grouse beating its wings, trying to escape
your presence. The grouse was aware you were coming. But the chicken-size
bird is so "tame" that it did not get out of the way of potential danger until the last ...
The Duke won the Hedley this year, at Epsom, with Fuscus, by Grouse, beating
Lord Egremont's Quail; 2 to 1 on Quail. Silvermere, by Gouty, won the Two-year
old Stakes, at Ascot, 30gs. each, and Snug, by Whiskey, 5 yrs old, 8st. 101b. beat
...
Game was everywhere-bear scrambling up hillsides, moose with their great,
wondering eyes, watching us drift past, grouse beating upwards through the
brush. At night we would hear the barking of foxes, and sometimes the ominous
howling ...
5
Waking Up, Bear and Other Stories
I wake up in the mornings to the sounds offishjumping in the lakes or grouse
beating their wings in the woods and feel remarkably renewed. This day was
probably the last perfect day of Indian summer at these elevations, so I took an
old path ...
6
The Secret of Sentinel Rock
In the distance they heard sage grouse beating their wings, calling to their mates.
"Tell me about where you come from. What's it like?" Emma asked softly. Emily
wasn't sure where to start, but she told Emma about her grandmother, the farm, ...
Judith Silverthorne, 2007
The grove was tightly enclosed by a string ofvarious sized evergreens.The sound
of ruffed grouse beating theirwings like a kettledrum roll emanated from the
orchard. For logistic purposes,Jay had given nicknames to various areas across
the ...
8
Pilgrim Souls: Caring for a Loved One with Dementia
After graduating with a degree in geography from Manchester University in 1952,
I spent the summer on the RAF reserve near Dunbar, grouse beating in the
Scottish Highlands and living in a luxury hotel in London while taking a three-
week ...
9
Mount Mitchell and the Black Mountains: An Environmental ...
At the creek, where I filter water for morning coffee, a ruffed grouse, beating its
wings in thunderous rhythm, explodes from a rhododendron thicket I start at the
sound, and my water bottle tumbles downstream. Even in daylight, bears, skunks,
...
10
Prairie Time: The Leopold Reserve Revisited
We hear the quiet thunder of a grouse, beating its wings on a downed log. The
white-throated sparrows have headed north. We did not hear their calls this
morning. Checking such comings and goings against the phenological records,
we ...
John Ross, Beth Ross, 1998
NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GROUSE-BEATING»
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Scotland the What? star remembered with tears and laughter
Lifelong friend, Dr Alexander Christie, spoke of the pair's move to Aberdeen to study and summers spent in Huntly, grouse-beating for spending ... «Aberdeen Press and Journal, Oct 13»
