Henry Maylath's works are largely pedagogical and focus on specific technical building blocks for young pianists. This piece uses fast, ornamental runs to mimic bird calls, effectively functioning as a technical étude.
Focus on light and even finger-work to simulate the rapid, chirping quality of the birds.
Comparable difficulty and character — good candidates for what to learn next.
Awakening of the Birds is rated Henle level 3 of 9 — late beginner repertoire, roughly ABRSM grades 4–5. In the RCM system it corresponds to about level 3.
You should be comfortable at Henle level 3 — meaning you can already play level 2–3 pieces cleanly. Learning it one level early is possible as a stretch piece, but more than that usually leads to months of frustration.
A typical performance of Awakening of the Birds lasts about 2 minutes.
Awakening of the Birds is available as free public-domain sheet music on IMSLP — the score is linked directly from this page.
Pieces at a comparable difficulty and character include Beauties of Iolanthe by Henry Maylath, Brazilian Grand March by Henry Maylath, Bouton de Rose by Henry Maylath — see the full similar-pieces list on this page.