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• Butterflies are very interesting. Here these things are little grubs for a while. And then they go into a little coffin. There…
• Birds ... are sensitive indicators of the environment, a sort of "ecological litmus paper," ... The observation and recording of bird populations…
• Butterflies may be better indicators of the health of our environment than birds.
• Penguins are an indicator of the health of our watery planet, and if they are unable to survive, we had better take…
• Conservation is not just an ideal that we read about; it works.
• Birds, it must be admitted, are the most exciting and most deserving of the vertebrates; they are perhaps the best entre into…
• Birding, after all, is just a game. Going beyond that is what is important.
• The other creatures with which we share this world have their rights too, but not speaking our language, they have no voice,…
• The truth of the matter is, the birds could very well live without us, but many -- perhaps all -- of us…
• I consider myself to have been the bridge between the shotgun and the binoculars in bird watching. Before I came along, the…
• 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.

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