The Magic & Mystery of Birds (eBook)

Full of anecdote and quirky detail, The Magic & Mystery of Birds educates and entertains in equal and enthralling measure.

I've read books about birds all of my life and this is the one I've been waiting for ... At last we have a book worthy of this subject.

Illuminates something profound about all life, including our own.

Each chapter is a fascinating and interesting self-contained essay on a different aspect of bird behaviour, with a wealth of scientific evidence and interesting facts... this book is a must read.

A work of dazzling range, nimbly written.

Mr. Strycker has the ability to write about the worlds of man and fowl without simplifying either.... He thinks like a biologist but writes like a poet... Part the palm fronds behind his sentences, and you can almost see the British naturalist and broadcaster David Attenborough standing there in a pith helmet, smiling with amused approval at Mr. Strycker's off-center sensibility.

An account of the lives of birds, and draws intriguing parallels with our own world, as well as possible lessons we can learn from our feathered friends.

A new and unexamined perspective of birds and their startling resemblance to humans... A pleasing combination of tongue-in-cheek humour and historical events that pinpoint the more peculiar aspects of bird behaviour.

You don't have to be an avid bird watcher to enjoy this book, just someone curious to learn a little more about our feathered friends.

Engaging and informative... Both charming for ornithological tourists and useful for serious researchers and behaviourists... Return(s) us to that original sense of wonder that brought many of us to the work of understanding ourselves and the living world around us in the first place.

This beautifully written book is a treasure trove of information on the avian world, from the life-long relationship of the albatross to the remarkable memory of the nutcracker.