Roger Tory Peterson famous quotes

03-26-2025

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.
-- Roger Tory Peterson

#Bird #Matter #Incomplete
Birds are indicators of the environment. If they are in trouble, we know we'll soon be in trouble.
-- Roger Tory Peterson

#Compassion #Bird #Environmental
Birds are, perhaps, the most eloquent expression of reality.
-- Roger Tory Peterson

#Reality #Expression #Bird
The more you look, the more you will see.
-- Roger Tory Peterson

#Nature #Looks #Zen Motorcycle Maintenance
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.
-- Roger Tory Peterson

#Voice #Rights #World
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.
-- Roger Tory Peterson

#Change #Science #Bird
Birds have wings; they're free; they can fly where they want when they want. They have the kind of mobility many people envy.
-- Roger Tory Peterson

#Nature #Birds Wings #People
Of all the various out-door recreations I have tried, when it comes to genuine, exciting sport, give me hunting with a camera.
-- Roger Tory Peterson

#Sports #Hunting #Doors
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.
-- Roger Tory Peterson

#Bird #Study #Awareness
Vultures are homely, but they clean up all the garbage and that's good. And they're elegant in the sky.
-- Roger Tory Peterson

#Sky #Bird #Garbage
We don't have to go to wild places to find wildlife. A surprisingly wide range of species can be found in our sities and towns, from familiar animals like the raccoon to more exotic ones like the mountain lion.
-- Roger Tory Peterson

#Nature #Animal #Wild Places
The philosophy that I have worked under most of my life is that the serious study of natural history is an activity which has far-reaching effects in every aspect of a person's life. It ultimately makes people protective of the environment in a very committed way. It is my opinion that the study of natural history should be the primary avenue for creating environmentalists.
-- Roger Tory Peterson

#Philosophy #Hard Work #Science
Butterflies are very interesting. Here these things are little grubs for a while. And then they go into a little coffin. There they are in a sarcophagus, and then they come out and dance with the angels.
-- Roger Tory Peterson

#Butterfly #Angel #Interesting
Birding, after all, is just a game. Going beyond that is what is important.
-- Roger Tory Peterson

#Games #Important
Not all is doom and gloom. We are beginning to understand the natural world and are gaining a reverence for life - all life.
-- Roger Tory Peterson

#Life #Science #Doom And Gloom
Conservation is not just an ideal that we read about; it works.
-- Roger Tory Peterson

#Environment #Conservation #Ideals
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.
-- Roger Tory Peterson

#Father #Bird #Bankers
Birds are an ecological litmus paper.
-- Roger Tory Peterson

#Bird #Paper #Ecological
I can recognize the calls of practically every bird in North America. There are some in Africa I don't know, though
-- Roger Tory Peterson

#America #Bird #Knows
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.
-- Roger Tory Peterson

#Health #Science #Water
Butterflies may be better indicators of the health of our environment than birds.
-- Roger Tory Peterson

#Health #Butterfly #Science
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.
-- Roger Tory Peterson

#Ivory #Bird #Tolerance

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