Quotes from 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.

The more you look, the more you will see.

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.

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

Not all is doom and gloom. We are beginning to understand the natural world and are gaining a reverence for life - all life.

Birds are indicators of the environment. If they are in trouble, we know we'll soon be in trouble.

Not all is doom and gloom. We are beginning to understand the natural world and are gaining a reverence for life - all life.

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.

Birds have wings they're free they can fly where they want when they want. They have the kind of mobility many people envy.

Birds have wings; they're free; they can fly where they want when they want. They have the kind of mobility many people envy.

If you don't write it down, it never happened. - Roger Tory Peterson

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

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.