City Birds

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City BirdsBy Diana Balot Frank


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Dedication

This book is for my grandson,Heriberto Raymond Hernandez,AKA Honeypie.

I loe Youmore.


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We live in the city, Mommy and me.

When I look out the window, what do I see?I see birdsat our feeder. They y and they ho.

!ome visit alone, some swoo down in ocks.


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I will tell you all a"out their feathers and calls.

What they like to eat in summer and fall.

When you look out your window, you mi#htsee them too and then you$ll know the

names of the "irds that visit you.


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The %merican &old'nch

The "ri#ht yellow "ird with "lack and white win#s

is an American Goldfnch. (isten to it sin#,) *er+chick+o+ree,) !u+weet, su+weet), Chi,

chi, chi).

It ies away with a di, di, di.


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The erky #rey "ird with a crest on its head,

Is a Tuted Titmouse. Did you hear what it said?*eter, eter, eter, eter,

I like eanuts from the feeder.)

The Tufted Titmouse


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What "ird is chirin#, even in the snow?The Cardinalis very near. -ow do I know?

It says, Birdy, "irdy, "irdy, "irdy,) Wit, wit, wit.)

Black sunower seeds will kee it 't.

The orth %merican

Cardinal


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The /ed Breasted uthatch

What$s that on the tree #oin# strai#ht u and down?% Red Breasted Nuthatchis walkin# all around,

eckin#, eckin#, eckin# at the "ark. (ookin#

for a treat to eat+ a "i# "lack ant.


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The Black-Capped Chickadeeis friendly ascan "e.

It cocks his head to one side, chick+a+de+dee.)

It likes to look at eole and sto to say hello,

"ut it doesn$t stay to eat its seed. %way it #oes.

The Black Caed

Chickadee


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The Chipping Sparrowsin#s a very fast son#.

It chis) 01 times. Can you sin# that lon#?With itsreddish "rown head and a strie across

its eye,

if you have a "ird feeder one is sure to dro "y.

The Chiin#

!arrow


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ouse Sparrowslive near eole and houses.

They y around streetli#hts at ni#ht catchin# "u#sfor their "a"ies.

They eat seeds too and they can "e ests.

!ometimes they ush other "irds out of their nests.

The -ouse!arrow


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Song Sparrowshave a "eautiful son#.

I wish that I could sin# alon#.

They chir, chi and trill. It will make you smile

to hear them call from a feeder near"y.

The !on# !arrow


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With a rosy red head and a chatterin# call

The ouse !inchis my favorite of all.

They have lots of friends and very stron# "eaks.

%nd they look like they$re eatin# enou#h for a

week2

The -ouse 3inch


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(ook at the s4uirrels, runnin#, runnin#, runnin#.

% "eregrine !alconis a"ove them #lidin#.


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They skitter underneath a car and eektheir heads out slowly.

It looks like they$re safe for now. They$rehidin# in an oak tree.


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The %merican /o"in

The Robin#son the #rass eckin# for a worm.

Do you think it will 'nd one "efore the comin#

storm?

Wow, that$s a "i# one, nice and 5uicy2

ow it can sin# its son#, Cheerily, cheerily.)


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The $ourning %o&ecalls Whoo+oo,hoo,hoo,hoo)

It sounds so sad, "ut that$s not true.

It$s very hay struttin# 6round on dainty red feet,

eckin# at the seeds with a ointy "lack "eak.

The Mournin#

Dove


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The 7uroean !tarlin#

-ere come the Starlings2 Better watch out2

There$s no room for anyone when they$re a"out.

They chatter and twitter, rock the feeder 6till it sills,

with their shiny, sotty feathers and their yellow "ills.


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The Downy Woodecker

There$s one more "ird that feeds on our orch.

Its favorites are eanuts and suet of course.

It$s "lack and it$s white. % red sot$s on its head.

It$s the %own' (oodpeckerwho is "ein# fed.


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The %merican Crow

Bi# "lack crowsdon$t come to eat.

I hear themthou#h in the trees

on the street.

Caw, Caw, Caw,$they cry as they

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mo""in# a hawkwho is huntin#

near"y.


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The Mockin#"ird

(isten to the $ockingbird2 It loves to sin#.

It$s mostly #rey with white on its win#s.It can sound like a "ird, or a fro# or a do##y.

It doesn$t like seeds, it refers "u#s and "erries


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The Cedar Wa8win#

-ere are "irds that we don$t often see.They like to sit in rows in a "erry tree.

Cedar (a)wingsluck the fruit and ass it down

until they$ve fed every wa8win# in town.


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They like the seeds from #rasses and weeds.

The Brown eaded Cowbirdsdo very "ad deeds.

They lay their e##s in another "irds nest

without tellin# them that they have #uests.

The Brown -eaded

Cow"ird


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The Barn !wallow

Divin# and swooin# over water and #rass,

Barn Swallowscatch insects with everyass.

% lon# time a#o, they nested in caves,ow in the city they nest under the eaves.


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The Baltimore :riole

!ee the oran#e "lack "ird with a whistlin# son#?It$s the Baltimore ,riole. I$m not wron#.

It eats siders and fruit and makes a lon# wovennest

In the taller trees which it thinks are "est.


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In almost every city you will see this "ird. There are many, many laces

where their trillin# coo is heard. Rock "igeons, mostly #rey with #reenand urle neck feathers, have cousins who are white or "rown. ;ou$llsee them all to#ether.

The /ock *i#eon


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We$ve learned a lot a"out "irds in the city.

!ome of them are lain and some are very retty.

What kinds of "irds live in your nei#h"orhood?

Can you #o outside and look for them? Wouldn$tthat "e #ood2


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Do you see "irds at the lake or the ark?


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Do you live in the country with the meadowlark?


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Do you live at the ocean with the #ulls andthe terns?


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with the osrey andheron?

:r do you

live near alake


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Wherever you live, I$m sure you can 'nd

% lot of retty "irds if you take the time.

!o look out your window, oen u your ears,

!tay ery "#iet, wait and see what aears2


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!ome thin#s that "irds eat

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