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Birds 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…
- 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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- I can scarcely manage to scribble a tolerable English letter. I know that I am not a scholar, but meantime I am… — John James Audubon
- It is a matter of shame that in the morning the birds should be awake earlier than you. — Abu Bakr
- I used to live a very social life and never spend much solitary time looking at birds or reading. — Lynda Barry
- As much as I converse with sages and heroes, they have very little of my love and admiration. I long for rural… — John Adams
- Some tribes of birds will relieve and rear up the young and helpless, of their own and other tribes, when abandoned. — William Bartram
- The moment a little boy is concerned with which is a jay and which is a sparrow, he can no longer see… — Eric Berne
- There are joys which long to be ours. God sends ten thousands truths, which come about us like birds seeking inlet; but… — Henry Ward Beecher
- I spent a lot of money on booze, birds and fast cars. The rest I just squandered. — George Best
- Be grateful for luck. Pay the thunder no mind - listen to the birds. And don't hate nobody. — Eubie Blake