Project Gutenberg 2016-03-13 Public domain in the USA. 124 Selous, Edmund 1857 1934 Smit, Joseph 1836 1929 Smit, J. (Joseph) w06000044 The Bird Watcher in the Shetlands, with Some Notes on Seals—and Digressions Produced by Emmanuel Ackerman and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "The Bird Watcher in the Shetlands, with Some Notes on Seals—and Digressions" by Edmund Selous is a naturalist's account written in the early 20th century. This work blends travel writing and ornithology, reflecting on the author's observations during visits to the Shetland Islands. The narrative captures the richness of bird life, particularly the behaviors of terns and gulls, interspersed with reflections on solitude and the beauty of nature. The opening of the book establishes a vivid scene of the island, brimming with life yet imbued with a sense of solitude. Selous describes a landscape filled with the calls of terns, contrasting the lively atmosphere of the birds with his own feelings of isolation. He poignantly reflects on the interactions between the various bird species, revealing their behaviors and the complexities of their relationships, such as the way young terns respond to the presence of their parents. His observations extend beyond birds to include seals, as he sets the tone for a narrative rich in natural detail and philosophical digression. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Birds -- Scotland -- Shetland Seals (Animals) QL Text Browsing: Nature/Gardening/Animals Browsing: Science - General Browsing: Travel & Geography 710075 710070 2024-09-21T12:32:29.358152 2023-09-22T09:33:05.991969 text/html text/html 709515 2016-03-12T16:58:46 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 1561711 2016-03-12T16:58:48 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1045669 2024-09-21T12:32:43.612068 application/epub+zip 1058497 2024-09-21T12:32:33.073132 application/epub+zip 334849 2024-09-21T12:32:30.425128 application/epub+zip 2099403 2024-09-21T12:32:50.106032 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 2041048 2024-09-21T12:32:40.670094 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 450865 2022-09-23T12:11:25.610116 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 613024 612830 2024-09-21T12:32:27.941154 2023-09-22T09:33:04.618016 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 613056 2016-03-12T16:58:44 text/plain; charset=utf-8 234935 2016-03-12T16:58:48 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 19422 2024-09-21T12:32:50.255030 application/rdf+xml 15399 2024-09-21T12:32:30.582113 image/jpeg 2139 2024-09-21T12:32:30.503123 image/jpeg 1560706 2024-09-21T12:32:29.452135 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia