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
Loose Lips Sink Ships by Hilary LawrenceH is for Hawk by Helen MacdonaldMockingjay by Suzanne CollinsMake Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskeyTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Books With Birds on the Cover
280 books — 47 voters
The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly by Sun-mi HwangLove Among the Walnuts by Jean FerrisThe Sweetheart of Prosper County by Jill S. AlexanderBrood by Jackie PolzinThe Chicken Dance by Jacques Couvillon
Chickens
90 books — 35 voters

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. RowlingJonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard BachThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienBeak of the Moon by Philip TempleThe Capture by Kathryn Lasky
Birds as Characters in Fiction
84 books — 26 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Raven by Edgar Allan PoeHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. RowlingI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya AngelouOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey
The Birds
720 books — 105 voters
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 — 158 voters


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Robert Lynd
In order to see birds it is necessary to become a part of the silence.
Robert Lynd

Eric Berne
The moment a little boy is concerned with which is a jay and which is a sparrow, he can no longer see the birds or hear them sing.
Eric Berne

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