Bird Quote by Alan Feduccia

On the contrary, there is a considerable body of evidence that these fossil traces, known as 'dino-fuzz', have nothing to do with bird feathers...…

— Alan Feduccia

Feathers predate birds.

— Robert T. Bakker

“Distinguishing the first true birds from their feathered dinosaur relations has become increasingly difficult. If we define birds as warm-blooded, feathered, bipedal animals that…

— Brian Switek

Paleontologists have tried to turn Archaeopteryx into an earth-bound, feathered dinosaur. But it's not. It is a bird, a perching bird. And no amount…

— Alan Feduccia

“A bird with great feathers may have nothing else! Anyone who is deceived by dazzling feathers can find themselves in a pale world!”

— Mehmet Murat ildan

Dinosaurs grew feathers for heat regulation, but the ones that started flying started becoming birds.

— Howard Rheingold

Thus the genetic basis to the origin of bird species is to be sought in the inheritance of adult traits that are subject to…

— Peter R. Grant

Birds themselves are so interesting and intelligent, and they give so many cues without being verbal, so they say such great things. Feathers are…

— Bibhu Mohapatra

The bird that would soar above the plain of tradition and prejudice must have strong wings.

— Douglas Adams

Birds were like dinosaurs' better selves. They had short lives and long summers. We all should be so lucky as to leave behind such…

— Jonathan Franzen

“These are feathers. Not the quill-pen feathers that make up the wings of today’s birds but simpler ones that look more like strands of…

— Steve Brusatte

Birds have wings; they're free; they can fly where they want when they want. They have the kind of mobility many people envy.

— Roger Tory Peterson