Winter World Quotes

“We gauge what we think is possible by what we know from experience, and our acceptance of scientific insights, in particular, is incremental, gained one experience at a time.”
― Bernd Heinrich, Winter World: The Ingenuity of Animal Survival

“Scientific discoveries, like most surprises, come by luck, and luck comes by keeping moving and having a keen nose to detect anomalies.”
― Bernd Heinrich, Winter World: The Ingenuity of Animal Survival

“By providing safe nesting sites, woodpeckers are thus keystone organisms for a vast assemblage of birds the world over, including many owls, parrots, parids, flycatchers.”
― Bernd Heinrich, Winter World: The Ingenuity of Animal Survival

“An individual’s odds are determined by its own specific circumstances, and small idiosyncrasies in the life circumstances of different species almost guarantee different strategies as well. Each animal’s existence is balanced on its own often conflicting mix of contingencies.”
― Bernd Heinrich, Winter World: The Ingenuity of Animal Survival