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 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, Perhaps, The Most Eloquent Expression Of Reality.

My Father Said You Can't Make A Living In Birds, My Relatives All Went Into Business: Bankers, Stockbrokers. However, They Eventually Lost It All And Died In Wheelchairs. Sometimes You Have To Be A Little Aberrant.

Birds, It Must Be Admitted, Are The Most Exciting And Most Deserving Of The Vertebrates; They Are Perhaps The Best Entre Into The Study Of Natural History, And A Very Good Wedge Into Conservation Awareness.