This edition contains a number of essays from the life of Russian birds among Russian nature. The book acquaints readers mainly with the feathered population of our Russian parks, fields and forests, they most often come across to a person. The author studied the bird world for more than a quarter of a century, a significant proportion of the material that served to compile this book were his own observations. The purpose of this work is to arouse interest in birds in the Russian public, and to give it the opportunity to get to know a group of living beings full of interest, beauty and poetry - creatures not only decorating our nature, but also sometimes providing us with very serious services. The feathered kingdom and its life make up one of the most fascinating and instructive pages of the "great book of nature."