As Old Man Fookwire's birds prepare to migrate south for the winter, the squirrels decide to follow. The birds and squirrels' sunny, beachy destination is a paradise, so warm and beautiful that it might even entice the grumpiest old man in existence to pay a visit as well.

While Harry's third-grade class is studying birds, the cold winter weather keeps them cooped up inside during recess and Harry gets restless.

When Elmer the patchwork elephant learns that a bully is bothering the smaller birds, he devises a plan to teach the bully bird a lesson.

Henry the Heron had so much trouble standing still that he could not catch any food to eat, but one day Henry bumped into the Great Blue Heron, who taught him a valuable lesson.

A little bird asks animals, planes, and boats, "Are you my mother?" until he finds his own mother.

When Sylvie the pink flamingo learns her color comes from the little pink shrimp she eats, she decides to expand her choices, trying everything under the sun and, unfortunately, overdoing it.

"Sophie Mouse gets a surprise visitor when a little bird lands in her yard and hurts his wing."--

"An excited young girl and her mother carefully participate in the Christmas Bird Count as part of a team of citizen scientists, tallying birds found in different habitats near their home. Includes facts about birding and why the Christmas Bird Count is important"--Verso page.

When spring arrives, Mole and Mouse find a unique way to bird watch.

When a cat finds a bedraggled baby bird that has fallen from its nest, an unlikely friendship develops between the two.