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Butterflies may be better indicators of the health of our environment than birds.

Roger Tory Peterson

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

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

Roger Tory Peterson

Roger Tory Peterson

Born: August 28, 1908

Died: July 28, 1996 (aged 87)

Bio: Roger Tory Peterson was an American naturalist, ornithologist, artist, and educator, and held to be one of the founding inspirations for the 20th-century environmental movement.

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