Twenty-four realistic, full-color paper bird models couldn't be easier to make, and they really fly! Simply press along perforations, fold, and add a penny for weight. Includes Meadowlark, Baltimore Oriole, Western Tanager, many others.

Richard Merrill is an engineer, illustrator, puppeteer, and lover of birds, paper airplanes, kits, and design. He founded an energy effiiciency company in Blue Hill, Maine, where he designs interactive informational dashboards for schools and businesses. Details about flying these bird models, identifying birds in the wild, and more are available at his blog, www.3hawk.com.