Introduction: Our dear Bangladesh is a beautiful country. It is a land of forests and trees, hills and valleys, rivers, marshes, and canals, wide open meadows. It has got a moderate climate-neither too hot nor too cold. So this land is a happy abode of different kinds of birds. Birds have increased the beauty of our country. We sleep at night and rise early in the morning hearing the sweet song of different birds.
Different types: There are different types of bird in our country. They are different in color, size, and habit. They eat different kinds of food. Some birds eat fish and flesh, some live on worms and insects, some of fruits and grains, some on filth and garbages. birds are divided into many classes. They are teasing birds, singing birds, rapacious birds, game birds, migratory birds and tailor birds.
Teasing birds: Crows and cats are teasing birds. The crow is a very common bird in Bangladesh. It is very clever. It steals away the food and other small things from our kitchen and from the hands of the little babies. It looks ugly. Yet it is useful. It eats dead animals and dirty things. It has a harsh voice. The cat also steals away chickens, fish, and dirty things. It has a harsh voice.
Singing birds: There are many singing birds in Bangladesh. The cuckoo is the most popular of all singing birds. It comes to our country at the beginning of spring. Small boys and girls try to imitate a cuckoo when it sings. It hides behind leaves. The shyma, the doel, the koel and the bou-Kotha-kao, the nightingale are well-known singing birds. Doel is our national bird.
Talking birds: The parrot, the mayna, the kakatoa and the pigeon, are called talking birds. People take them for their sweet voice and they can talk like human beings if they are trained.
The game birds: There are many game birds In our country. They are famous for their tasty flesh. The partridge, the dove, the pigeon, the snipe, the bittern, the heron and the duck are most well-known game birds.
Birds of prey: There are some birds of prey in our country. They are the vulture and the hawk. They mainly live on flesh and fish. These birds have keen eyes and sharp nail. They swoop down upon their prey. The vulture eats dead animals.
The tailor birds: There are some birds that build their nests with great skill. We wonder at their work. They are called tailor birds. The swallow, the tuntuni, and the babus are tailor birds.
Migratory birds: Many birds come from foreign land in our country during autumn and winter. They are also famous for their flesh. They increase the natural beauty of our country for the time being.
Some other birds: There are many other birds which we find here and there. We do not know the name of many birds, the wood pecker is a fine looking bird. It makes the hole in the tree. Pea-cock is also a beautiful bird. Crane and Kingfisher are fish eating birds, owl and bat are called night birds as they are seen at night only.
Domestic birds: The pigeon , the hen, the cock and the duck are domestic birds. They provide us with flesh and eggs. Many families in our country make poultry farm and earn a lot of money.
Conclusion: Birds are our natural wealth. They are helpful and useful to us in many ways. They do many good to us. Birds eat many dirty things and kept the environment clean. Therefore, we should no kill birds at random and we should take proper care of them.