Air Quote by Sarah Addison Allen

Birds are indicators of the environment. If they are in trouble, we know we'll soon be in trouble.

— 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…

— Roger Tory Peterson

Birds know themselves not to be at the center of anything, but at the margins of everything. The end of the map. We only…

— Gregory Maguire

A bird in the open never looks Like its picture in the birdie books - Or if it once did, it has changed its…

— Ogden Nash

These are the days when birds come back, a very few, a Bird or two, to take a backward look.

— Emily Dickinson

“If you see birds flying high in the sky, it means clear weather. However, if you see a lot of birds roosting on power…

— Brett McKay

We have had bird's-eye views seen by mind's eye imperfectly. Now we will have nothing less than the tracings of nature itself, reflected on…

— Nadar

I'm useless at staring at a piece of white paper. But if you put a piece of white paper with a black line on…

— Marc Jacobs

The rising of birds in their flight is the sign of an ambuscade. Startled beasts indicate that a sudden attack is coming.

— Sun Tzu

Sometimes one misses the sign posts as you're going down the road. They aren't as obvious as they become when you get to the…

— Leon Russell

“Humans are so blind, their eyes on the ground, themselves always at the center. Birds know themselves not to be at the center of…

— Gregory Maguire

This is what birds see. Only they're free and safe. The very opposite of me.

— Suzanne Collins