This is really charming! It's a rather advanced picture book for kids, sort of an introduction to bird watching. It's not a field guide or anything like that - more a "this is how you get started, and this is what to look for." I got it from my local library here in New Zealand, and though the birds that Cate all refers to are American (because she's talking about the birds where she lives) that really doesn't matter. When she's talking about how water birds have different feet to birds of prey, for instance, a reader can apply the observations to the birds around them. It's chatty and informal and has lots of commentary from the birds themselves, which gives it a nice sense of humour.

It'd be a great book for kids who are looking to take up bird watching and don't really know how to start. The author makes it clear they need no fancy equipment and they can start in their own back garden, or with birds they see in various places in their local neighbourhood. She clearly wants to make birding accessible to all, which I appreciate. Kids who develop a love of nature will make sure to look after it, after all...