Birds Are An Ecological Litmus Paper.

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 Like The Raccoon To More Exotic Ones Like The Mountain Lion.

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 Every Aspect Of A Person's Life. It Ultimately Makes People Protective Of The Environment In A Very Committed Way. It Is My Opinion That The Study Of Natural History Should Be The Primary Avenue For Creating Environmentalists.

Vultures Are Homely, But They Clean Up All The Garbage And That's Good. And They're Elegant In The Sky.

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 Warbler.

Butterflies May Be Better Indicators Of The Health Of Our Environment Than Birds.