"My station is in the heart of the breeding grounds for the majority of the Eastern North-American s. Except for a few, such as the and the which breed in , most of their s come to an end in this Canadian zone. My traps stand in the midst of the woods surrounding my house, their locations carefully chosen according to season and the species expected to be visiting them."
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(192 pages; illustrated by Aleta Karstad; 1st edition 1980)
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Louise de Kiriline Lawrence
(née Louise Flach; January 30, 1894 – April 27, 1992), a Swedish-born immigrant to Canada, was a , , and award-winning author. For one year from 1934 to 1935, she was the chief nurse in charge of the ’ nursery — this work with the quintuplets won for her a . She became in 1954 the first Canadian woman to be named an Elective Member of the and in 1970 received an honorary from .
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