Approach Quote by James Wolcott

The problem of knowledge is that there are many more books on birds written by ornithologists than books on birds written by birds and…

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb

“The birders I encountered in books and in the world shared little in common except this simple secret: if you listen to birds, every…

— Kyo Maclear

I think my great book is Born to Sing: An Interpretation and World Survey of Bird Song.

— Charles Hartshorne

Sadly, bird illustration has always been an under-appreciated art.

— John Burnside

When you're a birder, you have all sorts of reference books, and you know about migratory patterns and technical stuff. Most people just look…

— Bill Bailey

“I only know two types of readers: The vultures and the birds. The vultures are constantly reading books written by dead authors, can only…

— Robin Sacredfire

Birdscapes moves rather like those swallows, dipping and swerving to pick up all sorts of items of interest. Mynott tells plenty of good birding…

— Robert O. Paxton

“I began to use the same principles-observation, consistency, and attention to detail, to try to communicate with other birds. Through experimentation with what worked…

— Michele Raffin

The art of the bird is to conceal its nest both as to position and as to material, but now and then it is…

— John Burroughs

Not every book should be a compass. Some should be a pair of wax wings to soar and escape, if only for a brief…

— DH Lawrence

“The human bird shall take his first flight,filling the words with amazement,all writings with his fame,and bringing eternal glory to those whose nest whence…

— Leonardo da Vinci

When the bird and the book disagree, believe the bird.

— John James Audubon