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

Migrations
Knight Owl (The Knight Owl, #1)
The Impossible Thing
The Place of Tides
The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year
The Backyard Bird Chronicles
Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Sleigh!
Turning to Birds: The Power and Beauty of Noticing
The Snow Thief
The Christmas Owl: Based on the True Story of a Little Owl Named Rockefeller
The Leaf Thief
The Wild Robot on the Island
Tilda Is Visible
The Axeman's Carnival
What an Owl Knows: The New Science of the World's Most Enigmatic Birds
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
The Sibley Guide to Birds
Owls of the Eastern Ice: A Quest to Find and Save the World's Largest Owl
What the Robin Knows: How Birds Reveal the Secrets of the Natural World
Watership Down by Richard  AdamsWhere the Red Fern Grows by Wilson RawlsThe Call of the Wild by Jack LondonAll Things Bright and Beautiful by James HerriotAll Creatures Great and Small by James Herriot
All-Time Favorite Animal Books
219 books — 68 voters
A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le GuinThe Door in the Wall by Marguerite de AngeliThe Secret Life of Sparrow Delaney by Suzanne HarperOut in Blue by Sarah Purdy GilmanThe Fairy's Return by Gail Carson Levine
Characters with Bird Names
214 books — 22 voters

Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall KimmererProdigal Summer by Barbara KingsolverH is for Hawk by Helen MacdonaldThe Sound of a Wild Snail Eating by Elisabeth Tova BaileySilent Spring by Rachel Carson
Female Naturalist Writers
284 books — 62 voters
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingOwl Moon by Jane YolenOwl at Home by Arnold LobelWesley the Owl by Stacey O'BrienThe Owl and the Pussycat by Edward Lear
Best Books about Owls
40 books — 16 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 — 276 voters


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The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.
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