In her incredibly productive lifetime (1883-1974), American-born ornithologist Margaret Morse Nice earned the admiration of ornithologists and naturalists in far distant lands.
Research Is a Passion With Me is an enthralling autobiography of one of the great individuals in her field and of her time. The prominent California nature writer, Donald Peattie, in commenting on Margaret Nice’s writing ability, stated: "Your art of telling is so good that it conceals how good the science is." And Professor Ernst Mayer of Harvard University said: "Margaret Nice was a remarkable person and only those who know the state of American ornithology when she started her work will appreciate her contribution."
"An extraordinary bird watcher. Every summer she and her husband would gather the girls, pack their old car with camping gear, and head off into the wilds to look for new birds. This eccentric way of living was unusual in the early 1920s, but even their youngest daughter adjusted to it. Their older girls shinnied up trees to observe nests and helped in housekeeping tasks around the campsite."
- Marcia Bonta, Bird Watcher’s Digest
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- Bibliography, etc. Note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [272]-289) and index
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- CaOOCEL
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 598.092/4
- General Note
- Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
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- 0920474152 9781554882786
- LCCN
- QL31.N5
- LCCN Item number
- A36 1976eb
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- 1 electronic text (xii, 322 p.)
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- Canada
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- CaOOCEL
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- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
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- (CaBNVSL)thg00602971 (OCoLC)244771105 (CaOOCEL)410393
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Table of Contents
- Contents 6
- Foreword 10
- Introduction 12
- I: A CHILD OF NATURE 14
- II: OUR CHERISHED HENS 23
- III: WHEN WEDNESDAY WAS A HOLIDAY 29
- IV: I FIND MY GOAL 39
- V: THE JOURNEY TO OKLAHOMA 50
- VI: THE AWAKENING 55
- VII: SUMMER BIRDS OF OKLAHOMA 62
- VIII: THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE 73
- IX: THE FIRST 'BIRDS OF OKLAHOMA' 81
- X: THE YEAR IN MASSACHUSETTS 90
- XI: I WONDER AS I WANDER OUT UNDER THE SKY 96
- XII: WE FIND INTERPONT 102
- XIII: AGAIN 'THE BIRDS OF OKLAHOMA' 111
- XIV: THE SONG SPARROW ON INTERPONT 117
- XV: TO EUROPE IN 1932 125
- XVI: 'ZUR NATURGESCHICHTE DES SINGAMMERS' 133
- XVII: THE ORNITHOLOGICAL CONGRESS AT OXFORD 141
- XVIII: 4M SINGS 2,305 SONGS IN ONE DAY 149
- XIX: 'THE POPULATION STUDY OF THE SONG SPARROW' 157
- XX: A WARM WELCOME TO CHICAGO 166
- XXI: THE ORNITHOLOGICAL CONGRESS IN FRANCE 177
- XXII: THE MONTH WITH THE LORENZES 185
- XXIII: BIRDS OF AN HUNGARIAN LAKE 194
- XXIV: MUSICAL PRODIGIES 202
- XXV: SONG SPARROWS IN MY STUDY 209
- XXVI: SONG SPARROWS AT WINTERGREEN LAKE 217
- XXVII: AT LAST, A LADY SONG SPARROW 224
- XXVIII: JAN JOOST TER PELKWYK, NATURALIST 233
- XXIX: THE WRITING OF SS II 246
- XXX: LATE SPRING IN ARKANSAS 253
- XXXI: THE AFTERMATH OF WORLD WAR II 260
- XXXII: MY SECOND BIRD LIFE 266
- XXXIII: IN CONCLUSION 272
- Appendix 1 278
- Appendix 2 280
- Literature Cited 285
- Acknowledgements 303
- Index 306
- A 306
- B 308
- C 310
- D 313
- E 314
- F 315
- G 316
- H 317
- I 318
- J 319
- K 319
- L 320
- M 321
- N 322
- O 323
- P 324
- Q 326
- R 326
- S 327
- T 330
- U 332
- V 332
- W 332
- X 334
- Y 334
- Z 335
- The House of Ely 336
- The House of Morse 337
