Presents a guide to birding, including birdwatching techniques, viewing and photography equipment, bird behaviors, bird family compendium, birding hotspots in the U.S., and a resource directory.
Text and illustrations identify all of the 650 bird species that nest in North America north of Mexico, all the vagrants that occur with any regularity, and nearly all the accidentals from other continents.
Follows a flock of Canada geese through a year in an urban environment, from nesting and molting to feeding flights and the formation of new pairs in winter.
A lonely, invisible bird adorns himself with brightly-colored feathers and flowers hoping to attract friends, but after catching the eye of a fox he runs so fast he loses his treasures and learns a lesson about friendship.