More wildlife can be seen as winter melts away, bringing spring and then summer. Try your hand at bird watching and sketch what you see; remember to be quiet, so you won’t scare away the birds. After all your bird watching, try to identify some of the birds seen with these great books about the birds around us.
10 Birds That You Can Find in Your Backyard
Common Name: Baltimore Oriole
Scientific Name: Icterus galbula
Common Name: Blue Jay
Scientific Name: Cyanocitta cristata
Common Name: Northern Cardinal
Scientific Name: Cardinalis cardinalis
Common Name: Northern Cardinal
Scientific Name: Cardinalis cardinalis
Common Name: Red-Bellied Woodpecker
Scientific Name: Melanerpes carolinus
Common Name: Tufted Titmouse
Scientific Name: Baeolophus bicolor
Common Name: American Robin
Scientific Name: Turdus migratorius
Common Name: Mourning Doves
Scientific Name: Zenaida macroura
Common Name: Northern Mockingbird
Scientific Name: Mimus polyglottos
Common Name: Pine Warbler
Scientific Name: Setophaga pinus
Books All About Birds
Curious Critters Maryland by David FitzSimmons
This book introduces children to animals commonly found in Maryland.
Backyard Birds by Jonathan P. Latimer & Karen Stray Nolting
Describe the physical characteristics, behavior, voices, and habitats of a variety of common birds, arranged by their color. Includes the Peterson System of identifying birds by their unique markings.
Birds by Pamela Hickman
This beautifully illustrated, comprehensive book is all about why birds are such an important part of the wildlife food chain. In this fourth book in the Nature All Around series, young readers will learn all about birds’ body parts, life cycles, habitats, and more before going on a journey through a year in a bird’s life.
A family of dedicated birders presents an illustrated tribute to birds featuring a combination of scientific facts, folklore, poems, and songs.
The Extraordinary World of Birds by David Lindo
A family of dedicated birders presents an illustrated tribute to birds featuring a combination of scientific facts, folklore, poems, and songs.
Birds by Ben Hoare
Find out how birds from around the world fly, feed, sense the world, communicate, build nests, protect their eggs, raise chicks, keep their feathers in top condition, defend themselves, and travel in search of food and nesting sites.
Birds by Carme Lemniscates
Birds come in all shapes, sizes, and colors and have much to teach us.
Backyard Birds of Summer by Carol Lerner
Describes primarily those species of birds that are tropical migrants visiting the North only during the nesting season. Includes suggestions for attracting birds to one’s yard.
Backyard Birding For Kids: An Introduction to Ornithology: Field Guide, Projects And More! by Erika Zambello
Become a young ornithologist. Learn all about the scientific study of birds. Author, birder, and outdoors researcher Erika Zambello presents a kids’ introduction to bird-watching. With fascinating information for beginners, the book provides readers with an understanding of bird anatomy, life cycles, habitat, and 60 species of backyard birds!
Birds From Head to Tail by Stacey Roderick
Guess which bird each colorful close-up belongs to, then turn the page for the answer and some fascinating facts about that animal. Two final pages add to the fun with a quick look at other extraordinary birds and their interesting body parts – from the tops of their heads to the tips of their tail feathers.
The Beak Book by Robin Page
Birds around the world has so many amazing kinds of beaks! There are short beaks and long beaks, straight beaks and curved beaks, flat beaks, and even spoon-shaped beaks. But what do all of these beaks do? Discover how beaks of different shapes and sizes are adapted to help birds sip nectar, make nests, battle for mates, and more!
Magnificent Birds by Narisa Togo
From the bird of paradise that performs an extravagant courtship dance in the rain forest to the bar-tailed godwit that flies thousands of miles across the ocean without stopping, readers can learn about incredible birds from all over the world with this strikingly illustrated gift book. In stylish linocut prints, Narisa Togo captures the beauty of both rare and familiar winged creatures from every part of the globe.
Blue Jays by Lisa J. Amstutz
Full of color photographs introducing blue jays.
Every Day Birds by Amy Ludwig VanDerwater
Young readers are fascinated with birds in their world. Every Day Birds helps children identify and learn about common birds. After reading Every Day Birds, families can look out their windows with curiosity–recognizing birds and nests and celebrating the beauty of these creatures!
