Henry Carter Hull

Nine-year-old Liz accompanies the stranger who is her father, just returned from the war, when he goes hunting for crows in Pennsylvania farmland.

A young boy imagines himself as a falcon, soaring in flight over sea and city in faraway places.

George does not feel ready to learn to fly, leave his nest, and go south with the other birds, despite his mother's encouragement, but when a strong autumn wind gets hold of the nest, he may have no choice.

Blue returns to her nest on a winter's day and finds a surprise egg, but after she sets out to discover Egg's mother, the winter winds begin to die down and the temperature goes up, and Blue makes a sad discovery.