The Pigeon
Douglas Florian

I don't claim to
Love the pigeon,
But I like it
Just a smidgen.
Pigeons don't get
No respect
Just because they
Hunt and peck.
When they walk
Their heads go bobbin' -
You don't see that
In a robin.
They will sit right
On your shoulder.
Not too many
Birds are bolder.
Just be thankful
They're around
To pick up crumbs
Left on the ground.

Woodpecker
Meish Goldish

Woodpecker, woodpecker,
Peck! Peck! Peck!
Drill with your bill
And bob your neck!

Peck out a hole
In the trunk of a tree.
Peck out a nest
For all to see.

Cling to the wood
With your sharp clawed feet.
Peck through the bark
And find bugs to eat!

Woodpecker, woodpecker,
Peck! Peck! Peck!
Drill with your bill
And bob your neck!

Ostrich
Meish Goldish

Do you know the world's largest bird?
Aw - it's the ostrich!
What bird is eight feet tall? My word!
Aw - it's the ostrich!
Who moves fifteen feet in a single step?
Who runs forty miles an hour with pep?
Who roars like a lion, hisses like a snake,
And weichs 300 pounds, for heaven's sake?
Aw - it's the ostrich!

Once I Saw a Little Bird

Once I saw a little bird
Come hop, hop, hop.
So I cried, "Little bird,
Will you stop, stop, stop?"

I was going to the window
To say, "How do you do?"
But he shook his little tail,
And away he flew.

Birds
Meish Goldish

Look at the bird
Up in the treetop,
Building its nest
With no time to stop.

Hatching its eggs
So smooth and so round,
Then feeding its babies
Worms from the ground.

Look at the bird
With beak for a mouth.
When it gets cold,
The birds will fly south.

When it gets warm,
The bird will return.
Let's watch how the birds live,
And see what we learn!

All That Sky
Aileen Fisher

Wouldn't you think
the birds that fly
would lose their way
in all that sky?

Birds
Aileen Fisher

Mouths of birds are very strange,
but eyes of birds are stranger:
one eye looks for ings to eat,
and one eye looks for danger.

To Be a Bird
Aileen Fisher

I wish I could fly
through the sky with ease
and try all the seats
in the boughs of trees,

And look from a perch
on the highest steeple
at streets full of
upside-down cars and people.