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> [I consider myself to have been the bridge between the shotgun and the binoculars in bird watching. Before I came along, the primary way to observe birds was to shoot them and stuff them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-tory-peterson/i-consider-myself-to-have-been-the-bridge-between-the-shotgun-and-the/)

[Roger Tory Peterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-tory-peterson/)

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## More by Roger Tory Peterson

> [Birds are an ecological litmus paper.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-tory-peterson/birds-are-an-ecological-litmus-paper/)

[Roger Tory Peterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-tory-peterson/)

> [More birds have adapted to a changing world than have failed. Very few have the narrow tolerance of the ivory-billed woodpecker or the Bachman's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-tory-peterson/more-birds-have-adapted-to-a-changing-world-than-have-failed-very-few/)

[Roger Tory Peterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-tory-peterson/)

> [The philosophy that I have worked under most of my life is that the serious study of natural history is an activity which has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-tory-peterson/the-philosophy-that-i-have-worked-under-most-of-my-life-is-that-the/)

[Roger Tory Peterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-tory-peterson/)

> [Penguins are an indicator of the health of our watery planet, and if they are unable to survive, we had better take notice or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-tory-peterson/penguins-are-an-indicator-of-the-health-of-our-watery-planet-and-if/)

[Roger Tory Peterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-tory-peterson/)

> [I can recognize the calls of practically every bird in North America. There are some in Africa I don't know, though](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-tory-peterson/i-can-recognize-the-calls-of-practically-every-bird-in-north-america/)

[Roger Tory Peterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-tory-peterson/)

> [Butterflies are very interesting. Here these things are little grubs for a while. And then they go into a little coffin. There they are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-tory-peterson/butterflies-are-very-interesting-here-these-things-are-little-grubs/)

[Roger Tory Peterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-tory-peterson/)

> [Birds are indicators of the environment. If they are in trouble, we know we'll soon be in trouble.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-tory-peterson/birds-are-indicators-of-the-environment-if-they-are-in-trouble-we/)

[Roger Tory Peterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-tory-peterson/)

> [Vultures are homely, but they clean up all the garbage and that's good. And they're elegant in the sky.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-tory-peterson/vultures-are-homely-but-they-clean-up-all-the-garbage-and-that-s-good/)

[Roger Tory Peterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-tory-peterson/)

> [The more you look, the more you will see.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-tory-peterson/the-more-you-look-the-more-you-will-see/)

[Roger Tory Peterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-tory-peterson/)

> [Butterflies may be better indicators of the health of our environment than birds.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-tory-peterson/butterflies-may-be-better-indicators-of-the-health-of-our-environment/)

[Roger Tory Peterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-tory-peterson/)

> [Of all the various out-door recreations I have tried, when it comes to genuine, exciting sport, give me hunting with a camera…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-tory-peterson/of-all-the-various-out-door-recreations-i-have-tried-when-it-comes-to/)

[Roger Tory Peterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-tory-peterson/)

> [Birds ... are sensitive indicators of the environment, a sort of "ecological litmus paper," ... The observation and recording of bird populations over time…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-tory-peterson/birds-are-sensitive-indicators-of-the-environment-a-sort-of/)

[Roger Tory Peterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-tory-peterson/)

> [Not all is doom and gloom. We are beginning to understand the natural world and are gaining a reverence for life - all life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-tory-peterson/not-all-is-doom-and-gloom-we-are-beginning-to-understand-the-natural/)

[Roger Tory Peterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-tory-peterson/)

> [The truth of the matter is, the birds could very well live without us, but many -- perhaps all -- of us would find…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-tory-peterson/the-truth-of-the-matter-is-the-birds-could-very-well-live-without-us/)

[Roger Tory Peterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-tory-peterson/)

> [Birds, it must be admitted, are the most exciting and most deserving of the vertebrates; they are perhaps the best entre into the study…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-tory-peterson/birds-it-must-be-admitted-are-the-most-exciting-and-most-deserving-of/)

[Roger Tory Peterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-tory-peterson/)

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