The Secret Life of Birds is a collection of delightful stories and engaging facts, which imparts a love of birds and of nature on the next generation, inspiring them to look after the world around them.

Did you know that birds navigate by invisible pathways in the sky, that they can call to each other in thousands of different ways and they can be as big as a car or as small as a little finger?

Let much-travelled Speedy the Swift guide you through this beautiful first guide to birdlife around the globe. Learn about nest-building and bird babies, feathers and beaks, flying journeys, bird calls, really unusual-looking birds, and ways to spot birds and help them near where you live. Read some beautiful bird folklore stories from around the planet, too. Speedy has learnt much on her travels and she will be a great guide for young readers, perhaps inspiring them to develop a lifelong love of birds.

本书收集了令人愉快的故事和引人入胜的事实，向下一代传授了对鸟类和大自然的热爱，激发了他们对周围世界的关注。

你知道吗，鸟类在空中使用看不见的“地图”进行导航，它们可以用成千上万种不同的方式相互呼唤，它们可以像汽车一样大，也可以像小手指一样小？

让富有旅行经验的雨燕引导你阅读这本世界鸟类生活指南。了解筑巢和鸟宝宝、羽毛和鸟嘴、飞行旅程、鸟叫声、真正不同寻常的鸟类，以及如何在居住地附近发现鸟类并帮助它们的方法。阅读一些来自世界各地美丽的鸟类民间传说故事。雨燕在旅行中学到了很多东西，她将成为年轻读者的好向导，也许能激发他们对鸟类的终身热爱。