birds

Introduces the body adaptations, predatory behavior, and breeding of raptors, or birds of prey, including the osprey and bald eagle.

A little bird asks animals, planes, and boats, "Are you my mother?" until he finds his own mother.

How do baby penguins stay warm? What do they eat? Can baby penguins fly? The answers to these questions and many more are waiting for readers.

Provides photographs and descriptions of 120 species of birds that live in New York, each with information on physical characteristics, migration, and food preferences, as well as notes by the author; grouped by color, with range maps.

Presents an introduction to the physical characteristics, behavior and habitats of parrots.

Contains descriptions and illustrations of over four hundred species of birds found in eastern and central North America, and includes range maps, a life list, and indexes of scientific and common names.

Describes and illustrates the birds of eastern and central North America, including accidentals, exotics, and escapes; and includes nearly four hundred range maps.

Follows an ostrich through its day as it sleeps, eats, and moves.

Illustrations and lyrical text describe a bird's adventure walking down the road and meeting an odd donkey with three legs and one eye.

Describes the bodies, diets, life cycles, behaviors, and talents of numerous kinds of birds, as well as threats to their survival.