Birds Are An Ecological Litmus Paper.

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.

Birds Are An Ecological Litmus Paper.

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 Intolerable Without The Birds.

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 History, And A Very Good Wedge Into Conservation Awareness.

I Can Recognize The Calls Of Practically Every Bird In North America. There Are Some In Africa I Don't Know, Though