birdsongs

A crowd of birds lands in a tree, sharing songs, until one last winged creature proves to be too much.

Beginning with the first light of dawn, the marsh comes alive with music as different types of birds tune up and perform nature's symphony.

Portrays a variety of birds and their calls, using the "memory phrases" that birdwatchers have devised to help them hear and remember birdsongs.

Describes the physical characteristics, habitats, feeding habits, and voices of a variety of songbirds, arranged under the categories "Simple Songs," "Complex Songs," "Whistling Songs," "Warbling Songs," "Trilling Songs," "Name-sayers," and "Mimics.".

This book, in basic field guide format, introduces thirteen songbirds. Range maps are included.

Illustrations and text examine how birds communicate, showing the different ways birds sing, talk, dance, drum, cuddle, and fight.

Explains how and why birds sing.

Children hear bird calls native to their areas as they go through their daily activities.