About the Birds
More games to play with the cards

Ages 5 and up
2 or more players

1. Deal 7 cards to each player. Players should not show each other their cards, but they can look at their own.
    
2. Put the rest of the cards in a stack in the center of the playing area. This represents “the tree.”
    
3. Take the top card off the tree and place it face down anywhere in the shrubbery.
    
4. Players draw one or two cards from either the shrubbery or the tree. If a player draws two cards both must come from the shrubbery or the tree.
    
5. When a player has a match, at least three birds of the same color with different numbers of feathers, or at least three birds with the same number of feathers, but different colors, place the cards in front of the player. Players may play single cards in front of them if the card is part of a set in front of another player.
    
6. Each player places one card from their hand face down anywhere in the shrubbery at the end of their turn.
    
7. When a player has discarded their entire hand the game is over.
    
8. Count the number of feathers on each match. For example, the Blue Jay has 2 blue feathers on each card. That match is worth 2 points. Subtract the TOTAL number of feathers in your hand from your total.
    
9. Play more matches. The first person to 100 wins.