As a child, Salim Ali took partridges and other fowl from the family Kitchen, to make an aviary in the garden. Growing up, he decided that he would make his passion for nature, and especially birds, his profession. At a time when being a naturalist was something few people did for a living, Salim Ali decided to invent his own job: conducting detailed surveys of the bird life in different regions of the country. Working without a salary, he travelled tirelessly, to hills, deserts, forests and grasslands, observing, listening and analyzing.
Salim Ali's systematic surveys and fascinating books on Indian birds introduced thousands of people to the wealth of the natural world around them.
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