Jerome GThe fact that Mourning doves have no apparent awareness of location or structural engineering when building their “nests” yet remain among the most common birds around here demonstrates that it is possible to exist gently.
Marcus ReynoldsWe ought to look after birds because it’s our clear moral duty to do so. But when we do this job we do it also for ourselves. Birds need people, yes, we know that. But here’s another fact. People need birds.
Simon Barnes (1951) The Meaning of Birds, 2018 page 332 of 332 pages