Want to know more? Check out the Migratory Bird Center at the Smithsonian's National Zoo, the Encyclopedia of Life, and the Field Book Project. Want to do more? Be a biologist in your own backyard.

Manchester artist Emma Martin designed the birds for a special art installation at the Book Club Live event. The birds represent the freedom reading gives you.

Heitman's bird books collection includes books about ornithology, the joy of birds and nature, bird art, and of course, the world’s most famous bird artist, John James Audubon. Heitman authored ...