Includes index

Looking at birds -- What is a bird? -- Feathered friends -- Taking to the air -- Patterns in the air -- From soaring to bounding -- Finding a mate -- Eggs and hatching -- The first days -- The first flight -- Good parents -- Cup-shaped nests -- Strange nests -- Cleaning and preening -- Feeding habits -- Meat-eating birds -- Night hunters -- Bird territories -- Flying away -- Birds of the sea -- Birds of the shore -- Freshwater birds -- Woodland birds -- Desert and grassland birds -- Tropical birds -- City birds

Describes the physical characteristics, habitats, and behavior of birds and examines kinds of seashore birds, woodland birds, birds of prey, and others