About the book: 1966 / What do you know about starlings - the messengers of spring? Are these birds useful or harmful? What about the cunning fox and the lazy badger, who crawls into a hole with the first cold weather? And what benefits does the toad bring? And the cuckoo, an ordinary forest cuckoo, is a careless mother who throws her eggs into other people’s nests? This book captivatingly tells about the tireless hunters, winged, running, jumping, crawling, who protect our fields, forests and gardens from pests day and night, which will help give you a new look at the life of nature.