COMPLETE: Our Western Birds, by Elizabeth & Joseph Grinnell - jo

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Our Western Birds, by Elizabeth Grinnell (1851 - 1935) and Joseph Grinnell (1877 - 1939)

This project is now complete.  All audio files can be found on our catalog page here:

https://librivox.org/our-western-birds-by-elizabeth-grinnell/

This mother and son team, each distinguished in their field, collaborate to give charming portraits of common birds of the western United States from the western robin and cedar waxwing to the crow and roadrunner. The book is written in a plain and accessible style designed to stimulate an interest in nature among young people and give us a deeper appreciation of these birds and their charm. (Summary by Larry Wilson)
Source text (please read only from this text!): https://archive.org/details/storiesofourwest00grinrich/page/n7/mode/2up

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Genres for the project: *Non-fiction/Animals; *Non-fiction/Nature

Keywords that describe the book: birds, ornithology, natural history, crow, woodpecker, owl, robin, sparrow, swallow, thrush, wren, humming bird, towhee, finch, shrike, warbler, gull, jay, linnet, roadrunner, cedar waxwing, bush tit, kingfisher, phoebe, coot, plover, kildeer, pelican

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Intro to recording:
Leave 0.5 to 1 second of silence at the beginning.

Say:
"Chapter [Number] of Our Western Birds. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information or to volunteer, please visit librivox.org." [Optional: "Read by your name."] "Our Western Birds, by Elizabeth and Joseph Grinnell. Chapter Title."
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"End of chapter [Number.]" [Optional, and if not stated in the intro: "Read by your name, city, date."]
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"End of Our Western Birds, by Elizabeth and Joseph Grinnell."
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Filename: westernbirds_##_grinnell_128kb.mp3 where ## is the section number. (e.g. westernbirds_01_grinnell_128kb.mp3)

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One more volume from this team. This time our birds of the western United States.

mleigh has volunteered to serve as DPL again. :9:
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Post by knotyouraveragejo »

I'll MC this one for you, Larry. MW will be along shortly...
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Thank you so much, Jo!

MW is populated and we are Ready for Readers. :D
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Post by mleigh »

Could I please have chapters 19 (roadrunner) and 24 (towhee)?

Thanks,

M
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Post by alanmapstone »

Sections 5 12 13 please :)
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Post by iBeScotty »

May I read 2, The Mourning Dove?
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mleigh wrote: May 5th, 2021, 9:12 am Could I please have chapters 19 (roadrunner) and 24 (towhee)?

Thanks,

M
Of course. I should have already had you in for Road-Runner. :lol:
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alanmapstone wrote: May 5th, 2021, 9:34 am Sections 5 12 13 please :)
All yours.
Thanks, Alan.
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iBeScotty wrote: May 5th, 2021, 10:29 am May I read 2, The Mourning Dove?
Long time no hear!
Glad to put you in for Section 2.
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Post by iBeScotty »

Thank you, Larry!
Yes i am back from the dead, at least for now.

Here is ch. 2
https://librivox.org/uploads/knotyouraveragejo/westernbirds_02_grinnell_128kb.mp3
7:39

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iBeScotty wrote: May 5th, 2021, 1:34 pm Thank you, Larry!
Yes i am back from the dead, at least for now.

Here is ch. 2
https://librivox.org/uploads/knotyouraveragejo/westernbirds_02_grinnell_128kb.mp3
7:39

~scot(ty)
Thanks for our first recorded section!
Ready for PL
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Post by Owlivia »

25, The Burrowing Owl, please?
Thank you!
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Owlivia wrote: May 5th, 2021, 6:50 pm 25, The Burrowing Owl, please?
Thank you!
Sure!
Why am I not surprised. :wink:

Always good to have you on a project.
Thanks!
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