A Season On The Wind Quotes

“On a day like this, I can’t imagine anything better that might happen in a person’s life than for them to start paying attention to birds—to become aware of this magical world that exists all around us, unnoticed by many but totally captivating for those who know its secrets. This kind of spring day, with its bountiful myriads of colorful sprites just arrived from tropical shores, has to be one of the greatest gifts of life on Earth.”
― Kenn Kaufman, A Season On The Wind: Inside the World of Spring Migration – Epic Journeys, Urgent Threats, and the Fight for Bird Conservation

“These travelers would not have considered navigating by the lights below. They looked up at the lights overhead, at the stars arrayed across the black velvet dome of the sky. Those were the reliable guides. Cities, after all, might rise and fall, the the constellations overhead would persist, pointing the way for those who could read the sky.”
― Kenn Kaufman, A Season On The Wind: Inside the World of Spring Migration – Epic Journeys, Urgent Threats, and the Fight for Bird Conservation