The philosophy that I have worked under most of my life is that the serious study of natural history is an activity which has far-reaching effects in….

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 natural hi….

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 observe bi….

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….

The truth of the matter is, the birds could very well live without us, but many -- perhaps all -- of us would find life incomplete, indeed almost int….

Butterflies are very interesting. Here these things are little grubs for a while. And then they go into a little coffin. There they are in a sarcopha….

Birds have wings; they're free; they can fly where they want when they want. They have the kind of mobility many people envy..

Penguins are an indicator of the health of our watery planet, and if they are unable to survive, we had better take notice or we might find our own s….

Of all the various out-door recreations I have tried, when it comes to genuine, exciting sport, give me hunting with a camera..

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

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 warb….

We don't have to go to wild places to find wildlife. A surprisingly wide range of species can be found in our sities and towns, from familiar animals….

Butterflies may be better indicators of the health of our environment than birds..

I can recognize the calls of practically every bird in North America. There are some in Africa I don't know, though.

Birds ... are sensitive indicators of the environment, a sort of "ecological litmus paper," ... The observation and recording of bird populations ove….

Vultures are homely, but they clean up all the garbage and that's good. And they're elegant in the sky..

Conservation is not just an ideal that we read about; it works..

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, no vote; it is our moral….

Birds are an ecological litmus paper..