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    The Feather Birdhouse: Or Birds On The Move
    The Feather Birdhouse: Or Birds On The Move
    The Feather Birdhouse: Or Birds On The Move
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    The Feather Birdhouse: Or Birds On The Move

    By Robin Carpenter

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    The Feather Birdhouse or Birds On The Move is a coming-of-age adventure story about a bird named Squawky (a great-grackle) who keeps getting into trouble. His friends, the four Wend sisters (starlings), the Doves, and Pidge (an inexperienced rock pigeon), can’t help. Luckily, Uncle Motley, the old cowbird is there to give advice to all.
    This is a great book for young readers interested in imaginative stories about birds, nature, and caring about the environment. The book contains 22 color illustrations and information to learn more about birds. It challenges the reader to create a nature journal, story, or bird record of their own to answer the question - What’s in Your Birdhouse World?
    Based on real birds, people, places, and events, the Feather Birdhouse is an outdoor birdhouse world in the city. Squawky, an orphan raised by doves, sets out on a troubled quest to find a girlfriend and figure out where he fits into the bird world. Meanwhile, environmental and human factors, unknown to the birds, threaten everything. Will the Feather Birdhouse be destroyed? Who will save the day? Squawky navigates through difficult situations including being bullied by the Grackle Gang and being made fun of by Brassy and the Beauty Birds. But in the end, he gets through all his troubles and reminds us that it’s tough to be a bird!
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHelen's Place LLC
    Release dateJul 14, 2021
    ISBN9781662910517
    The Feather Birdhouse: Or Birds On The Move

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      The Feather Birdhouse - Robin Carpenter

      The Feather Birdhouse and the Great Garden

      Copyright © 2021 by Robin Carpenter

      All rights reserved. Neither this book, nor any parts within it may be sold or reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without permission in writing from the author. The only exception is by a reviewer, who may quote short excerpts in a review.

      This book is a work of fiction. The names, characters and events in this book are the products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any similarity to real persons living or dead is coincidental and not intended by the author.

      The views and opinions expressed in this book are solely those of the author and do not reflect the views or opinions of Gatekeeper Press. Gatekeeper Press is not to be held responsible for and expressly disclaims responsibility of the content herein.

      The Feather Birdhouse Or Birds On The Move

      Published by Helen’s Place LLC

      Dallas, TX

      Library of Congress Control Number: 2021934086

      ISBN (paperback): 9781662910500

      eISBN: 9781662910517

      Dedication

      This book is dedicated to all the children growing up in this world, with the hope that they’ll have the courage to find their way through whatever obstacles or situations they face — and remember to take care of the birds.

      Contents

      Dedication

      Acknowledgments

      Epigraph: A Poem to Keep in Mind, Worthy of a Big Word

      Preface: How This Book Came to Be

      Foreword

      Prologue: Events That No One Saw Coming

      Chapter 1 Squawky

      Chapter 2 Mr. and Mrs. Dove

      Chapter 3 The Four Wends and the Rodeo Washers

      Chapter 4 Motley, the Whistling Cowbird

      Chapter 5 Mr. Dove and Motley Rudely Interrupted

      Chapter 6 Brassy, The Annoying Bird

      Chapter 7 Pidge Meets Mr. Tiller, The Pool Man

      Chapter 8 Squawky, Motley, and Mr. O

      Chapter 9 Mr. Rodeo and the Cheering Squad

      Chapter 10 Fun at the Bird Barnyard, Farewell to Motley

      Chapter 11 Birds on the Move

      Chapter 12 Visiting Sparrows’ Family Day Out

      Chapter 13 Mr. and Mrs. Dove Have a Moment

      Chapter 14 Pidge Sounds the Alarm

      Chapter 15 Mr. O Carries On

      Chapter 16 Trouble Brewing for Squawky

      Chapter 17 The First Wave

      Chapter 18 The Wends Take Off

      Chapter 19 The Great Starling Festival

      Chapter 20 Showdown

      Epilogue: For the Moment

      Afterword: Notes

      Postscript: Motley

      Chapter Questions

      Appendix

      Glossary: Fun with Words in the Story

      About: Illustrator, Main Character, Author

      About the Author and Book

      Acknowledgments

      The Feather Birdhouse would not have made it to print without the love and support of dynamic and caring people. I owe a special thanks and deepest gratitude …

      To Tasia Felix for her brilliant and creative illustrations.

      To Susan White for her thoughtful editing.

      To Jim Watts for his research on best bird information websites — found in the appendix.

      To Bruce Davis for his research on gardening for birds — found in the appendix.

      To Kathi Chandler for her kindness and unique perspective about dogs getting along with birds — found in the appendix.

      To my family and friends who mean everything to me — I’m inspired by you every day.

      And finally, to Reunion Tower and the city of Dallas, Texas, for their commitment to making Dallas an exciting city — a place where businesses and people thrive, and for efforts they may undertake now, and in the future, to look after the birds.

      Epigraph

      A Poem to Keep in Mind, Worthy of a Big Word

      You start dying slowly

      if you do not travel,

      if you do not read,

      if you do not listen to the sounds of life,

      if you do not appreciate yourself.

      You start dying slowly

      when you kill your self-esteem,

      when you do not let others help you.

      You start dying slowly

      if you become a slave to your habits,

      walking every day on the same paths,

      if you do not change your routine,

      if you do not wear different colors

      or you do not speak to those you don’t know.

      You start dying slowly

      if you avoid feeling passion

      and their turbulent emotions,

      those that make your eyes glisten

      and your heart beat fast.

      You start dying slowly

      if you do not change your life when you are not satisfied with your job, or with your love,

      If you do not risk what is safe for the uncertain,

      if you do not go after a dream,

      if you do not allow yourself,

      at least once in your lifetime,

      to run away from sensible advice.

      Martha Medeiros

      Preface

      How This Book Came to Be

      In the summer of 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic era, when things were terrible in the world, I visited the Feather Birdhouse and saw Squawky, a great-grackle, for the first time. He was making such a racket in one of the holly trees by the pool that the noise caught my attention and I became intrigued. I wondered, why was he so upset? Was he in trouble? I decided to return every day to find out.

      As time went on, I realized that Squawky wasn’t alone, and I was in the middle of an outdoor birdhouse world with many bird characters in it, including the Doves. Although I struggled to understand the bird languages they were speaking, over time I was able to decipher the different sounds and began to make sense of them.

      One day I told my granddaughter about Squawky, and she became so excited that she yelled for her brother to come hear the story. But that day he was nowhere to be found, so I started writing the story down to tell him later. Now I’m excited to share it with everyone.

      Foreword

      Some children will tell you they’ve been to the Feather Birdhouse and the Great Garden and believe this story is true. They’ve learned, as I have, that even though birds don’t talk like people, it’s easy to hear what they might be saying if you listen very carefully to their bird languages and songs.

      Prologue

      Events That No One Saw Coming

      At first there was nothing unusual about the tale that was about to unfold, and no one to this day knows how things in the Feather Birdhouse will turn out. The day was normally bright; birds flew, and kids and other people followed their usual routines. The sky was average blue — nothing special. There was no hint that something important was about to happen that would change everything.

      A small group of people walked around casually with clipboards. No birds or anyone else noticed them because they were too busy with their own lives to recognize the trouble ahead it foreshadowed.

      Sometimes the smallest things that go unnoticed have

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