Birds

Birds (class Aves) are a group of endothermic vertebrates, characterized by feathers, a beak with no teeth, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a lightweight but strong skeleton. Birds play prominent and diverse roles in folklore, religion, and art. Books about birds include fiction (particularly children's fiction) and non-fiction (such as guides for birdwatchers). ...more

New Releases Tagged "Birds"

The Flightless Birds of New Hope
The Backyard Bird Chronicles
Knight Owl (The Knight Owl, #1)
The Flightless Birds of New Hope
The Impossible Thing
The Place of Tides
Tilda Is Visible
The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year
Candle Island
The Snow Thief
Love Finds a Way
Crow Talk
Bad Badger: A Love Story
The Wild Robot on the Island
Orris and Timble: The Beginning
The Naturalist Society
The Genius of Birds
H is for Hawk
The Backyard Bird Chronicles
The Bird Way: A New Look at How Birds Talk, Work, Play, Parent, and Think
The Thing with Feathers: The Surprising Lives of Birds and What They Reveal About Being Human
Mind of the Raven
The Big Year: A Tale of Man, Nature, and Fowl Obsession
Kingbird Highway: The Biggest Year in the Life of an Extreme Birder
What It's Like to Be a Bird: From Flying to Nesting, Eating to Singing—What Birds Are Doing, and Why
What an Owl Knows: The New Science of the World's Most Enigmatic Birds
A Most Remarkable Creature: The Hidden Life and Epic Journey of the World’s Smartest Birds of Prey
Birding Without Borders: An Obsession, A Quest, and the Biggest Year in the World
Better Living Through Birding: Notes from a Black Man in the Natural World
The Sibley Guide to Birds
Owls of the Eastern Ice: A Quest to Find and Save the World's Largest Owl
The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsCatching Fire by Suzanne CollinsMockingjay by Suzanne CollinsTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeHarry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling
Birds on a cover
740 books — 159 voters
Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskeyJonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard BachThe Ugly Duckling by Jerry PinkneyThe Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck by Beatrix PotterThe Trumpet of the Swan by E.B. White
Waterfowl
318 books — 49 voters

The Big Year by Mark ObmascikSilent Spring by Rachel CarsonJonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard BachWesley the Owl by Stacey O'BrienH is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald
For the Love of Birds
237 books — 71 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. RowlingThe Raven by Edgar Allan PoeMockingjay by Suzanne CollinsOne Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey
Books with birds in the title
2,015 books — 277 voters

Birdology by Sy MontgomeryThat Quail, Robert by Margaret A. StangerAlex and Me by Irene M. PepperbergRavenmaster by Christopher SkaifeH is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald
Natural Writing About Birds
143 books — 13 voters
Charlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteWatership Down by Richard  AdamsAnimal Farm by George OrwellBlack Beauty by Anna SewellThe Call of the Wild by Jack London
Best Books About Animals
1,846 books — 1,854 voters


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What’s reality? I don’t know. When my bird was looking at my computer monitor I thought, ‘That bird has no idea what he’s looking at.’ And yet what does the bird do? Does he panic? No, he can’t really panic, he just does the best he can. Is he able to live in a world where he’s so ignorant? Well, he doesn’t really have a choice. The bird is okay even though he doesn’t understand the world. You’re that bird looking at the monitor, and you’re thinking to yourself, ‘I can figure this out.’ Maybe yo ...more
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She decided to free herself, dance into the wind, create a new language. And birds fluttered around her, writing “yes” in the sky.
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