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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…

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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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