Turaco Country : Reminiscences of East African Birding

by Dale A. Zimmerman

Dale Zimmerman's singular memoir details a half-century of ornithological investigations in East Africa, set against the political backdrop of the shift from colonial to African rule. Although birds are Zimmerman's focus -- especially his seminal work in Kakamega Forest -- many other aspects of natural history are elucidated, from botanical communities to bats to butterflies.Often with his wife Marian and young son Allan, Dale found adventure aplenty...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0982321708
• ISBN13: 9780982321706
• Release Date: November 2015
• Publisher: Sky Island Press
• Length: 783 Pages
• Weight: 6.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.0" x 8.0" x 10.9"
• Grade Range: All grades