Vultures are homely, but they clean up all the garbage and that's good. And they're elegant in the sky.

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

Vultures are homely, but they clean up all the garbage and that's good. And they're elegant in the sky.

Birds have wings; they're free; they can fly where they want when they want. They have the kind of mobility many people envy.

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

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.

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.