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

Birding, after all, is just a game. Going beyond that is what is important.

The more you look, the more you will see.

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.

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 survival threatened.

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

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.