30 Birds Every Child Should Know 



In the spring his love song is as surprisingly 

 strong in proportion to his size as the wren's. 

 It seems impossible for such a volume of mellow 

 flute-like melody to pour from a throat so tiny. 

 Before we have a chance to hear it again the 

 singer is off with his tiny queen to nest in some 

 spruce tree beyond the Canadian border. 



