North on the Wing Quotes

“I see reason for hope, but I also make a plea for vigilance on behalf of wild nature. More citizens' action, undertaken by more of us working in concert, can lead us to a new and better world. Let's all raise the flag for wilderness, wood warblers, and all the wild things.”
― Bruce M. Beehler, North on the Wing: Travels with the Songbird Migration of Spring

“It would take me three hours to summit Algonquin Peak-at 5,115 feet, the second-highest mountain in the Adirondacks. Here I would complete my three-month journey, add my last quest bird (plus the last non-quest bird of the trip), and finish up with a live radio interview with Ray Brown on his show, Talkin' Birds.”
― Bruce M. Beehler, North on the Wing: Travels with the Songbird Migration of Spring

“Here, in my little circumscribed world, I remained out of touch with the world at large. I was living full, rich days and felt no need for a newspaper, radio, or TV. The mosquitos were starting to swarm outside the tent, their vast numbers producing an audible hum. I was woken briefly at 11:30 p.m. by a vocalizing pair of Common Loons as they flew overhead. Then I heard the drumming of a Ruffed Grouse-he must have been moonstruck.”
― Bruce M. Beehler, North on the Wing: Travels with the Songbird Migration of Spring

“At 2 p.m., I sat on a rock and watched hundreds of cumulus clouds scud by through the huge expanse of deep blue sky across the lake. It reminded me of a summer day in the Adirondacks in 1964. In that summer I had my first taste of the deep woods. I climbed my first mountain, saw my first American Black Bear, and caught my first Smallmouth Bass.”
― Bruce M. Beehler, North on the Wing: Travels with the Songbird Migration of Spring