Introduces a wide variety of birds, their feathers, and Plume, the cat that is stalking them.

Explains what birds are and how they differ from other animals, with descriptions of various types of birds, including birds of prey, water birds, and exotic birds.

Introduces the characteristics of such exotic birds as the Galapagos penguin, kiwi, and African hornbill.

Discusses the physical characteristics of birds and examines different kinds, including birds of prey, wading birds, and flightless birds.

Describes how, where, why, and when birds around the world build nests.

The birds that glide through the sky, hop through the grass, and sing on the fence gradually come to feed from a child's hand.

Tim Birkhead is an award-winning author and one of the world's leading bird biologists. He is the coauthor of Ten Thousand Birds: Ornithology since Darwin (Princeton) and the author of The Wonderful Mr. Willughby: The First True Ornithologist, The Most Perfect Thing: The Inside (and Outside) of a Bird's Egg, and Bird Sense: What It's Like to Be a Bird, among other books. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society and professor emeritus of zoology at the...

Describes the natural habitat, physical characteristics, and behavior of several common birds, including American goldfinches, European starlings, and Carolina wrens.

Presents true or false questions and answers about birds.