Citizen Bird

In the late nineteenth century, American bird lovers faced a crisis. Bird species were becoming endangered or even extinct at an alarming rate, and old methods of hunting and collecting specimens accelerated the process. A new conservationist approach to birding was necessary, and it needed to be taught to the next generation of Americans. Thus 1897’s  Citizen Bird , the first birding guide for children, was born. A tremendously influential text in the Progressive-era United States, it