birds

Profiles adults and children working in six habitats around the world to save wild birds, some of which are on the brink of extinction.

A bird who does not like to fly becomes good friends with a worm, and together they set out walking south for the winter.

Describes the physical characteristics, behavior, and habitat of North American wading birds.

A young wood thrush makes his first migration from his nesting ground in a forest preserve in Maryland to his winter home in Costa Rica and back again.

Two best friends, Poppy and Ella, enjoy lunch, a day at the beach, and a power outage together.

Janey plans to surprise her friends by baking their favorite cakes to celebrate her birthday, but she is the one who gets surprised.

Looks at the evidence of dinosaurs with skeletal structures and feathers so similar to birds and why that is convincing many scientists that birds evolved from dinosaurs.

Shows how children on a tiny Icelandic island work to rescue puffin offspring by helping them take their first flight.

The zoo animals find a way to keep the baby beebee bird awake during the day so that they can get some sleep at night.

Text and photographs explore the unique habits of birds from our back yards and around the world.