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"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, American Environmentalist

People, Birds, Envy, Want

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

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"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."

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

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