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

The Place of Tides
Knight Owl (The Knight Owl, #1)
Palaces of the Crow
The Story of Birds: A New History from Their Dinosaur Origins to the Present
Birds of Prey: The Harlan Coben Challenge
The Wedding Forecast
The Impossible Thing
The Backyard Bird Chronicles
The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year
The Axeman's Carnival
Tilda Is Visible
Orris and Timble: The Beginning
What the Chicken Knows: A New Appreciation of the World's Most Familiar Bird
The Book of Birds: A Field Guide to Wonder and Loss
Crow Talk
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
What It's Like to Be a Bird: From Flying to Nesting, Eating to Singing—What Birds Are Doing, and Why
Kingbird Highway: The Biggest Year in the Life of an Extreme Birder
What an Owl Knows: The New Science of the World's Most Enigmatic Birds
Better Living Through Birding: Notes from a Black Man in the Natural World
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
Owls of the Eastern Ice: A Quest to Find and Save the World's Largest Owl
The Sibley Guide to Birds
H is for Hawk by Helen MacdonaldBraiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall KimmererProdigal Summer by Barbara KingsolverThe Sound of a Wild Snail Eating by Elisabeth Tova BaileySilent Spring by Rachel Carson
Female Naturalist Writers
288 books — 66 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
238 books — 71 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
144 books — 14 voters
Dewey by Vicki MyronMarley and Me by John GroganHomer's Odyssey by Gwen CooperOogy by Larry LevinWesley the Owl by Stacey O'Brien
Animal Memoirs
400 books — 225 voters

Animal Farm by George OrwellThe Fox Busters by Dick King-SmithChicken Boy by Frances O'Roark DowellPlumedini's True Tales of Super Chicken Freaks as Retold by C... by John Brady WoodsonThe Case of the Wayward Fae ~ A Chronicle of Mister Marmee by H.L.  Stephens
Chicken Books
149 books — 34 voters
Gwen the Rescue Hen by Leslie  CrawfordChicken Frank, Dinosaur! by S.K. WengerBantam of the Opera by Mary Jane AuchChicken Butt! by Erica S. PerlChicken Lily by Lori Mortensen
Chicken Books for Kids
86 books — 33 voters


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Kenneth Grahame
The past was like a bad dream; the future was all happy holiday as I moved Southwards week by week, easily, lazily, lingering as long as I dared, but always heeding the call!
Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows

Munia Khan
Soft feathers cannot make a cruel bird kind
Munia Khan

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