The Burgess Bird Book for Children Book

	Introduction	v
1.	Jenny Wren Arrives: Introducing the House Wren	1
2.	The Old Orchard Bully: The English or House Sparrow	6
3.	Jenny Has a Good Word for Some Sparrows: The Song, White-throated and Fox Sparrows	10
4.	Chippy, Sweetvoice, and Dotty: The Chipping, Vesper and Tree Sparrows	15
5.	Peter Learns Something He Hadn't Guessed: The Bluebird and the Robin	21
6.	An Old Friend in a New Home: The Phoebe and the Least Flycatcher	27
7.	The Watchman of the Old Orchard: The Kingbird and the Great Crested Flycatcher	33
8.	Old Clothes and Old Houses: The Wood Pewee and Some Nesting Places	39
9.	Longbill and Teeter: The Woodcock and the Spotted Sandpiper	44
10.	Redwing and Yellow Wing: The Red-winged Blackbird and the Golden-winged Flicker	50
11.	Drummers and Carpenters: The Downy, Hairy and Red-headed Woodpeckers	57
12.	Some Unlike Relatives: The Cowbird and the Baltimore Oriole	62
13.	More of the Blackbird Family: The Orchard Oriole and the Bobolink	68
14.	Bob White and Carol the Meadow Lark: The So-called Quail and the Meadow Lark	74
15.	A Swallow and One Who Isn't: The Tree Swallow and the Chimney Swift	80
16.	A Robber in the Old Orchard: The Purple Martin and the Barn Swallow	85
17.	More Robbers: The Crow and the Blue Jay	91
18.	Some Homes in the Green Forest: The Crow, the Oven Bird and the Redtailed Hawk	96
19.	A Maker of Thunder and a Friend in Black: The Ruffed Grouse and the Crow Blackbird	102
20.	A Fisherman Robbed: The Osprey and the Bald-headed Eagle	108
21.	A Fishing Party: The Great Blue Heron and the Kingfisher	114
22.	Some Feathered Diggers: The Bank Swallow, the Kingfisher and the Sparrow Hawk	120
23.	Some Big Mouths: The Nighthawk, the Whip-poor-will and Chuck-will's-widow	126
24.	The Warblers Arrive: The Redstart and the Yellow Warbler	132
25.	Three Cousins Quite Unlike: The Black and White Warbler, the Maryland Yellow-Throat and the Yellow-breasted Chat	138
26.	Peter Gets a Lame Neck: The Parula, Myrtle and Magnolia Warblers	143
27.	A New Friend and an Old One: The Cardinal and the Catbird	149
28.	Peter Sees Rosebreast and Finds Redcoat: The Rose-breasted Grosbeak and the Scarlet Tanager	155
29.	The Constant Singers: The Red-eyed, Warbling and Yellow-throated Vireos	162
30.	Jenny Wren's Cousins: The Brown Thrasher and the Mockingbird	166
31.	Voices of the Dusk: The Wood, Hermit and Wilson's Thrushes	172
32.	Peter Saves a Friend and Learns Something: The Towhee and the Indigo Bunting	178
33.	A Royal Dresser and a Late Nester: The Purple Linnet and the Goldfinch	183
34.	Mourner the Dove and Cuckoo: The Mourning Dove and the Yellow-billed Cuckoo	189
35.	A Butcher and a Hummer: The Shrike and the Ruby-throated Hummingbird	195
36.	A Stranger and a Dandy: The English Starling and the Cedar Waxwing	201
37.	Farewells and Welcomes: The Chickadee	207
38.	Honker and Dippy Arrive: The Canada Goose and the Loon	213
39.	Peter Discovers Two Old Friends: The White-breasted Nuthatch and the Brown Creeper	219
40.	Some Merry Seed-eaters: The Tree Sparrow and the Junco	224
41.	More Friends Come with the Snow: The Snow Bunting and the Horned Lark	229
42.	Peter Learns Something About Spooky: The Screech Owl	234
43.	Queer Feet and a Queerer Bill: The Ruffed Grouse and the Crossbills	240
44.	More Folks in Red: The Pine Grosbeak and the Redpoll	245
45.	Peter Sees Two Terrible Feathered Hunters: The Goshawk and the Great Horned Owl	250
	Index	256