Welcome to "Birdland!" We think you'll enjoy this collage of true, humorous, and sometimes heartwarming stories about the birds, chipmunks, and a surprising groundhog named "Gus." It's amazing how many friends you can make with just a little food, love, and concern. As Marianne says, "You learn to expect the unexpected with birds and animals. They have personalities just like we do and when you get to know them, they endear themselves to you." This light reading is just what the doctor ordered in a world that's full of stress. So sit back, relax, and enjoy the view.

Boy Meets Bird. Boy Gets Bird. Boy Loses Bird An Urban Folktale. One day in the dead of winter, New York Times restaurant critic William Grimes looked out the window into his backyard in Queens and saw a chicken, jet black with a crimson comb. Wherever it had come from, it showed no sign of leaving, and it quickly made a place for itself among the society of resident stray cats. Before long, the chicken became the Chicken, and it began to arouse not only Grimes's protective impulses but also his curiosity. He discovered that chickens were domesticated first as fighters, not food; that egg-laying is triggered by exposure to light; that chickens were a fashion statement in Victorian days. He began to probe the mysteries of gallinaceous behavior, learning to distinguish a dust bath from a death dance and how to cater to his guest's eclectic palate. And when the Chicken began to repay his hospitality with five or six custom-laid eggs per week, Grimes had an answer to the age-old conundrum of which came first: the Chicken. And then one day, obeying some bird-brained logic of its own -- or perhaps the victim of fowl play -- the Chicken vanished, leaving Grimes eggless but with this funny, enlightening, and heartwarming tale to tell.

This book is a fun and colorful look at at interacting and feeding aniamals that may wander into your yard. Having the footprints of each animal is a great way to learn more about each one. The anticipation with each page grows as as you wait to see who's coming next.

Fluttershy is shocked to discover that her pet bunny, Angel, wants to enter the annual Fine Furry Friends Fair herding contest! Who's ever heard of a bunny herding cows and sheep? Fluttershy agrees to train him, but their first practice is a disaster. Fluttershy is too afraid of failure to continue, until all her friends bring something special to help out. © 2015 Hasbro. All Rights Reserved.

The dish was cost free, fat free, and fabulously yummy. Of course, some said you had to be bugs to try it, but one taste made you a believer. The trouble was, believers began turning into corpses. That’s when Remo and Chiun came in to hunt down the evil ingredients in the murderous munchies . . . only to run up against a U.S. Senator.