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

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

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

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

Butterflies are very interesting. Here these things are little grubs for a while. And then they go into a little coffin. There they are in a sarcophagus, and then they come out and dance with the angels.

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

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.