The More You Look, The More You

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.

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.

Birds ... Are Sensitive Indicators Of The Environment, A Sort Of "ecological Litmus Paper," ... The Observation And Recording Of Bird Populations Over Time Lead Inevitably To Environmental Awareness And Can Signal Impending Changes.

Birds Have Wings; They're Free; They Can Fly Where They Want When They Want. They Have The Kind Of Mobility Many People Envy.

The Truth Of The Matter Is, The Birds Could Very Well Live Without Us, But Many -- Perhaps All -- Of Us Would Find Life Incomplete, Indeed Almost Intolerable Without The Birds.