Roger Tory Peterson Quotes

"Birds are indicators of the environment. If they are in trouble, we know we'll soon be in trouble."
- Roger Tory Peterson
(Related: Birds, Environment, Trouble)

"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
(Related: America)

"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
(Related: Life, Beginning, World)

"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."
- Roger Tory Peterson
(Related: Birds)