Contents

What is a Bird?

Built for Flight

Aerial Acrobatics

Birds of Prey

Scavengers

Partners and Parasites

Fisher Kings

Beside the Sea

Bird Food

Parrot Family

Birds in the Woods

Feathers and Finery

The Mating Game

Master Builders

Eggs

Family Life

Game Birds

Songbirds

Epic Journeys

Owls

Penguins

Flightless Birds

Bird Brains

Birds and People

Strange but True

Bird Data

Index & Acknowledgements