The more you look, the more you will see.

Not all is doom and gloom. We are beginning to understand the natural world and are gaining a reverence for life - all life.

Birds are an ecological litmus paper.

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 duty to take care of them.

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

Birds ... are sensitive indicators of the environment, a sort of "ecological litmus paper," ... The observation and recording of bird populations over time lead inevitably to environmental awareness and can signal impending changes.

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