A photo essay on the world of birds examining such topics as body construction, feathers and flight, the adaptation of beaks and feet, feeding habits, courtship, nests and eggs, and bird watching.
Describes twenty-one interesting birds including the flightless single-wattled cassowary; the brown pelican, whose beak holds more than its belly; the monogamous blue-crowned pigeon; and the graceful swimmer, the hoatzin.
Young readers will be drawn in by eye-catching photographs of penguins, pelicans, parrots, and more. they will come away knowing not only the national bird of the united States, but what that bird's main food is.
