| Introduction | v |
1. | Jenny Wren Arrives: Introducing the House Wren | 1 |
2. | The Old Orchard Bully: The English or House Sparrow | 6 |
3. | Jenny Has a Good Word for Some Sparrows: The Song, White-throated and Fox Sparrows | 10 |
4. | Chippy, Sweetvoice, and Dotty: The Chipping, Vesper and Tree Sparrows | 15 |
5. | Peter Learns Something He Hadn't Guessed: The Bluebird and the Robin | 21 |
6. | An Old Friend in a New Home: The Phoebe and the Least Flycatcher | 27 |
7. | The Watchman of the Old Orchard: The Kingbird and the Great Crested Flycatcher | 33 |
8. | Old Clothes and Old Houses: The Wood Pewee and Some Nesting Places | 39 |
9. | Longbill and Teeter: The Woodcock and the Spotted Sandpiper | 44 |
10. | Redwing and Yellow Wing: The Red-winged Blackbird and the Golden-winged Flicker | 50 |
11. | Drummers and Carpenters: The Downy, Hairy and Red-headed Woodpeckers | 57 |
12. | Some Unlike Relatives: The Cowbird and the Baltimore Oriole | 62 |
13. | More of the Blackbird Family: The Orchard Oriole and the Bobolink | 68 |
14. | Bob White and Carol the Meadow Lark: The So-called Quail and the Meadow Lark | 74 |
15. | A Swallow and One Who Isn't: The Tree Swallow and the Chimney Swift | 80 |
16. | A Robber in the Old Orchard: The Purple Martin and the Barn Swallow | 85 |
17. | More Robbers: The Crow and the Blue Jay | 91 |
18. | Some Homes in the Green Forest: The Crow, the Oven Bird and the Redtailed Hawk | 96 |
19. | A Maker of Thunder and a Friend in Black: The Ruffed Grouse and the Crow Blackbird | 102 |
20. | A Fisherman Robbed: The Osprey and the Bald-headed Eagle | 108 |
21. | A Fishing Party: The Great Blue Heron and the Kingfisher | 114 |
22. | Some Feathered Diggers: The Bank Swallow, the Kingfisher and the Sparrow Hawk | 120 |
23. | Some Big Mouths: The Nighthawk, the Whip-poor-will and Chuck-will's-widow | 126 |
24. | The Warblers Arrive: The Redstart and the Yellow Warbler | 132 |
25. | Three Cousins Quite Unlike: The Black and White Warbler, the Maryland Yellow-Throat and the Yellow-breasted Chat | 138 |
26. | Peter Gets a Lame Neck: The Parula, Myrtle and Magnolia Warblers | 143 |
27. | A New Friend and an Old One: The Cardinal and the Catbird | 149 |
28. | Peter Sees Rosebreast and Finds Redcoat: The Rose-breasted Grosbeak and the Scarlet Tanager | 155 |
29. | The Constant Singers: The Red-eyed, Warbling and Yellow-throated Vireos | 162 |
30. | Jenny Wren's Cousins: The Brown Thrasher and the Mockingbird | 166 |
31. | Voices of the Dusk: The Wood, Hermit and Wilson's Thrushes | 172 |
32. | Peter Saves a Friend and Learns Something: The Towhee and the Indigo Bunting | 178 |
33. | A Royal Dresser and a Late Nester: The Purple Linnet and the Goldfinch | 183 |
34. | Mourner the Dove and Cuckoo: The Mourning Dove and the Yellow-billed Cuckoo | 189 |
35. | A Butcher and a Hummer: The Shrike and the Ruby-throated Hummingbird | 195 |
36. | A Stranger and a Dandy: The English Starling and the Cedar Waxwing | 201 |
37. | Farewells and Welcomes: The Chickadee | 207 |
38. | Honker and Dippy Arrive: The Canada Goose and the Loon | 213 |
39. | Peter Discovers Two Old Friends: The White-breasted Nuthatch and the Brown Creeper | 219 |
40. | Some Merry Seed-eaters: The Tree Sparrow and the Junco | 224 |
41. | More Friends Come with the Snow: The Snow Bunting and the Horned Lark | 229 |
42. | Peter Learns Something About Spooky: The Screech Owl | 234 |
43. | Queer Feet and a Queerer Bill: The Ruffed Grouse and the Crossbills | 240 |
44. | More Folks in Red: The Pine Grosbeak and the Redpoll | 245 |
45. | Peter Sees Two Terrible Feathered Hunters: The Goshawk and the Great Horned Owl | 250 |
| Index | 256 |