Why is a flamingo pink? Can a parrot talk? Is a bald eagle really bald? You'll find the answers to these flighty questions and many more inside. Play search and find in the pictures, too. Can you find the special egg? Meet all kinds of colorful, magnificent, silly and surprising feathered creatures from around the world in this first book of birds. It is packed with facts about how different types of bird hunt, survive and show off. -- adapted from book cover.

Includes index.

Bird family tree --I'm a bird-watcher! -- Feathers and flying -- Birds on the move -- Great grey owls -- Flamingoes -- Magpies -- Kingfishers -- Flightless birds -- Secretary birds -- Parrots -- Bald eagles -- Puffins -- Nests -- Eggs -- Albatrosses -- Hummingbirds -- Peacocks -- Robins -- Swans -- Hoopoes -- Red-crowned cranes -- Beaks and feeding -- Bird calls and songs -- City birds -- Give garden birds a home -- Did you find... -- Bird words.