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

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.

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

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.

Birds are, perhaps, the most eloquent expression of reality.

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

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