Mateship with Birds
Scribe, $24.95 pb, 199 pp, 9781922070326
Ornithology
Call me Ishmaelitish
by Andrew Fuhrmann •
Alec Hugh Chisholm, born in 1890 at Maryborough, is a legendary figure among Australian birders. He was a pioneering member of the Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union, later known as Birds Australia, now BirdLife Australia, and worked tirelessly to facilitate and promote ornithological research. He was a prolific author of journal articles, field notes, prefaces, reflective essays, and popular books on birding.
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