I can recognize the calls of practically every bird in North America. There are some in Africa I don't know, though

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 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.

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.

The more you look, the more you will see.

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.

Of all the various out-door recreations I have tried, when it comes to genuine, exciting sport, give me hunting with a camera.

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

More birds have adapted to a changing world than have failed. Very few have the narrow tolerance of the ivory-billed woodpecker or the Bachman's warbler.

There is a fine line that separates thinking you know something, and actually knowing the truth. It is a line as thin as a strand of hair, and it's called hope.

Humor is a serious thing. I like to think of it as one of our greatest earliest natural resources, which must be preserved at all cost.

Anybody can be a runner. We were meant to move. We were meant to run. It's the easiest sport.

Envy is when you resent God's goodness in other people's lives and ignore God's goodness in your own life.

I feel like life is so special and so great, every year I feel like I learn more, and I grow, and I think it's exciting to grow up.

You cannot explain failure any more than you can argue with success.

It is one of the glories of America that we move to higher levels of awareness.

What is more simple than to tell to a little boy, 'This is not the truth, it is a game?'

There are people who want awards because it changes the perception of the audience. But I'm not into all that.