3 December 2020 Roger Tory Peterson 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.
3 December 2020 Roger Tory Peterson Birds are indicators of the environment. If they are in trouble, we know we’ll soon be in trouble.
3 December 2020 Roger Tory Peterson Birds have wings they’re free they can fly where they want when they want. They have the kind of mobility many people envy.
3 December 2020 Roger Tory Peterson Not all is doom and gloom. We are beginning to understand the natural world and are gaining a reverence for life – all life.