When a baby bird hatches while his mother is out searching for food, he leaves the nest for a series of adventures to try to determine his mother's identity.

Illustrations and easy text point out strange physical characteristics or behaviors of certain large birds, such as ostriches, bustards, grebes, and penguins.

In an exuberant display of color, Lucy Cousins invites little ones to imagine themselves as brilliant birds. Birds of all feathers flock together in a fun, rhyme-filled offering by the creator of Maisy. From the rooster's "cock-a-doodle-doo" at dawn to the owl's nighttime "tuwit, tuwoo," the cheeps and tweets of many bright and beautiful avian friends will have children eager to join in as honorary fledglings. This day in the life of birds will hold...

After several cases of mistaken identity Early Bird finally finds a worm to play with.

Mr. and Mrs. Bird search for a place to build a new nest only to discover their old one is better.

Jack the blackbird and Jim the seagull become friends, but Jack is sad that the other seagulls do not seem to like him.

Mole rescues a baby bird, cares for it, and loves it, until the day he realizes it is because he loves it that he must set it free.

When Baby Bird takes a tumble from her mama's nest in the middle of the night, she finds a friend in Little Frog.

Billy is nervous about starting school, but as he cares for a sparrow that eventually learns to fly on its own, he realizes that he too can look after himself.

One day when Albert is at his window, two cardinals come to build a nest in his hand, an event that changes his life.