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When eight-year-old Agnes Peregrine, an accomplished birdcaller, travels with her parents to the Himalayas in search of the elusive pink-headed duck, she encounters a dastardly foe.

Provides information about the physical and psychological needs of pet birds, as well as about how to choose and care for them as pets.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

Provides information on keeping birds as pets, including how to choose and care for a bird.

A collection of twenty-two children's poems about birds, including blue jays, toucans, and cockatoos.

Presents an introduction to peacocks, in simple with illustrations, providing information on their physical characteristics, habitat, life cycle, and behavior.

After waking up grumpy, Bird decides he will walk instead of fly and is joined by other animals who cheer him up.