Olive Thorne Miller

Olive Thorne Miller
Olive Thorne Miller (1831–1918) was an American naturalist and writer known for her works on bird behavior and nature. She was a pioneering advocate for bird conservation and popularized birdwatching through her engaging essays and books. Some of her well-known works include "Bird-Ways" and "In Nesting Time," which captured her observations of birds' habits and environments. Miller's writing combined scientific detail with a deep sense of wonder, making nature accessible to a wide audience.

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BABY BIRDS. "Ears have they, but they hear not," may be said of all the world. Tragedies and comedies go on continually before us which we neither see nor hear; cries of distress and prattle of infants, songs of love and screams of war, alike fall upon deaf ears, while we calmly discuss the last book or the news from Borriboo-lah-Gha, as completely oblivious as if all this stirring life did not... more...

THE KINGBIRD'S NEST. To study a nest is to make an acquaintance. However familiar the bird, unless the student has watched its ways during the only domestic period of its life,—nesting time,—he has still something to learn. In fact, he has almost everything to learn, for into those few weeks is crowded a whole lifetime of emotions and experiences which fully bring out the individuality of the... more...