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.

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

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.

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

I consider myself to have been the bridge between the shotgun and the binoculars in bird watching. Before I came along, the primary way to observe birds was to shoot them and stuff them.

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

Birds are an ecological litmus paper.