Everywhere we go there are birds, and they all have mysteries to be
unravelled. These mysteries include the way they look, from bizarre to
apparently mundane, why they live where they live, and the things they
do, many of which are far too incredible ever to be imagined as fiction.
Birds in Their Habitats is a collection of stories and experiences
which introduce fascinating aspects of bird life, ecology and behavior.
Informed by a wealth of historical and contemporary research, Ian Fraser
takes the reader on a journey through four continents: from places as
unfamiliar as the Chonos Archipelago of southern Chile and the arid
Sahel woodlands of northern Cameroon to those as familiar as a suburban
backyard. This is a book of discovery of birds and the places they live.
And with humor and personal insight, it is a book about the sometimes
strange world of the people who spend a life absorbed in birds.