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Bird Quotes by 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 lead…
- Butterflies may be better indicators of the health of our environment than birds.
- Birds, it must be admitted, are the most exciting and most deserving of the vertebrates; they are perhaps the best entre into the study of…
- The truth of the matter is, the birds could very well live without us, but many -- perhaps all -- of us would find life…
- 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…
- I can recognize the calls of practically every bird in North America. There are some in Africa I don't know, though
- Vultures are homely, but they clean up all the garbage and that's good. And they're elegant in the sky.
- Birds are, perhaps, the most eloquent expression of reality.
- My father said you can't make a living in birds, my relatives all went into business: bankers, stockbrokers. However, they eventually lost it all and…
- 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 warbler.
- Birds are indicators of the environment. If they are in trouble, we know we'll soon be in trouble.
- Birds have wings; they're free; they can fly where they want when they want. They have the kind of mobility many people envy.
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- It is a matter of shame that in the morning the birds should be awake earlier than you. — Abu Bakr
- If it looks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, we have at least to consider the possibility that we have… — Douglas Adams
- What law, what reason can deny that gift so sweet, so natural that God has given a stream, a fish, a beast,… — Pedro Calderon de la Barca
- Since I had my gastric bypass surgery in 1998, I eat like a bird. Unfortunately, that bird is a California condor. — Roseanne Barr
- I'm youth, I'm joy, I'm a little bird that has broken out of the egg. — James M. Barrie
- I used to live a very social life and never spend much solitary time looking at birds or reading. — Lynda Barry
- A fish may love a bird, but where would they live? — Drew Barrymore