EVeRY daY biRdS

EVeRY daY biRdS

B Y Amy Ludwig VanDerwater

C U T PA P E R I L L U S T R A T I O N S B Y Dylan Metrano

O R C H A R D B O O K S / N E W Y O R K / A N I M P R I N T O F S C H O L A S T I C I N C .

chickadee wears a wee

black cap.

jaY

is loud and bold.

nuthatch perches

upside-down.

Finch is clothed

in gold.

FoR MandY, FoR

eVeRYthing

—d. M.

FoR MaRK, the biRd

LoVeR I LoVe

—A. L. V.

FoR MandY, FoR

eVeRYthing

—d. M.

FoR MaRK, the biRd

LoVeR I LoVe

—A. L. V.

If you would like to learn more about the birds that live in your area, here are a few places to begin:BirdNote: www.birdnote.orgCornell Lab of Ornithology: www.birds.cornell.eduNational Audubon Society: www.audubon.orgNational Wildlife Federation, Garden for Wildlife Page:

www.nwf.org/How-to-Help/Garden-for-Wildlife/Create-a-Habitat.aspxPeterson Field Guide to Birds of North America, by Roger Tory Peterson, 2008 Roger Tory Peterson Institute of Natural History: www.rtpi.orgThe Sibley Guide to Birds, Second Edition, by David Allen Sibley, 2014

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