The woods would be very silent if no birds sang except those who sang the best.

A true conservationist is a man who knows that the world is not given by his fathers, but borrowed from his children.

John James Audobon (1785-1851) was a French-American artist, naturalist, and ornithologist.  His most famous work, entitled “The Birds of America”, captured North American birds with a detailed collection of 435 hand-colored prints.