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The WORDS IN OUR BEAK series is brought to a conclusion with the publication of Volume Three. Cam, the friendly and astute female cardinal narrator, picks up from the end of Volume Two and makes good on all her promises. First, she teaches us the how and why of winterizing an urban garden, and then she introduces us to the other bird types who have visited the urban garden that she calls home. In this final volume, Cam also touches upon the importance for birds to be camou¬flaged from predators and gossips with her avian cousins around the birdfeeders. Visit one last time with Cam as she chronicles the habits of her avian community, what it is like to spend time in this special urban garden, and why — for all the hazards to bird life and garden greenery — New York City is still the place to live.

Birders and city dwellers, be delighted! "Words In Our Beak, Volume One," by Patricia Youngquist [ISBN: 978-0-9963785-2-9] is now available in a hardcover edition for order by booksellers from publisher Ingram Book Group (www.ingramcontent.com/retailers/ordering). The story is a narrative told from the perspective of a friendly and astute female cardinal named Cam, who gives readers her perspective on how birds see humans while also informing readers about the joys and hardships of life in her winged world. For anyone even mildly interested in birds, this is a delightfully imaginative and heartwarming introduction to the feathered friends in our midst.

Cam spends much of her time in the author’s roof–top terrace garden in Manhattan, entertaining readers — children and adults alike — with her witty observations about urban life in this fun and fact–filled work. We get a “bird’s eye view” of New York City scenery, and what it’s like for Cam and her friends to...

WORDS IN OUR BEAK, Volume Two continues the story of Cam, a feisty and beautiful female cardinal living year–round in New York City. In this volume, Cam relates how structural renovations and two major weather storms bring change to the urban garden ecosystem she calls home and how those changes affect both the plantings that give it life and the birds who visit it. Follow Cam as she continues to share her concerns about the plight of her avian community, her observations of what it is like to spend time in this urban garden, and why — for all the hazards of bird life — she still thinks New York City is the place to live.