AI: John Audubon, Florence Bailey, Roger Peterson, and Phoebe Snetsinger Compared: Birdwatchers 🐦🦃🦅🦜🦉🦚🦤🦩🐧🪺
“When the bird and the book disagree, believe the bird.” – John James Audubon
“The student who goes out with a gun[Audubon]… sees only the terror of the hunted… but the student who goes out with the opera-glass… learns the secrets of the home life.” – Florence Merriam Bailey
“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
“If it’s my last trip, so be it—but I’m going to make it a good one and go down binoculars in hand!” – Phoebe Snetsinger (She was tragically prophetic; she died in a vehicle accident in Madagascar while on a birding tour, less than two hours after seeing her final life bird, the Red-shouldered Vanga.)