This exquisitely illustrated picture book with simple text introduces young naturalists to birds and several of their basic characteristics and behavior – feathers, bills, nests and flight. A basic statement about birds is followed on the facing page by a full-page painting of a species in its habitat for which more detailed information is provided in an Afterword. The lifelike watercolors include several of the more common species such as robins and cardinals as well as less familiar ones including common murres, ruby-throated hummingbirds, great horned owls, indigo buntings and evening grosbeaks.

See also:
Mia Posada's Robins: Songbirds of Spring
Rick Chrustowski's Blue Sky Bluebird
Nancy Carol Willis' The Robins in Your Backyard