"Eric Ennion's great stength as a bird artist was his ability to pin down the essence of his bird in a few characterful lines and bold shapes. He imbued his birds with life and vitality, the product of intense, intelligent observation of the living bird. The pictures in this book are not formal, posed portraits, painted in photographic detail. Instead they capture birds in movement, or in the particular stance typical of the species. He treated them as individuals, with the quirky shapes that lively birds assume"
- Robert Gillmor