We procured from an Indian a weasel perfectly white except the extremity of the tail which was black: great numbers of wild geese are passing to the south, but their flight is too high for us to procure any of them.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I often have deer on my property and there's a fox and owls. You're not going to see that in the city.
I've seen deer. I have lots of woodchucks on my property. And bluebirds. Foxes.
I am a closet birdwatcher. I can identify Southern African species, but it irks me I can barely tell a jay from a blackbird in the U.K.
Birds are indicators of the environment. If they are in trouble, we know we'll soon be in trouble.
Eagles are seagulls with a good hairdo.
Protecting eagles from the threat of extinction is a conservation success story that we must prudently safeguard for future generations to come.
Birds themselves are so interesting and intelligent, and they give so many cues without being verbal, so they say such great things. Feathers are superior to fur, even. They're so beautiful, and nature uses such amazing colors.
It doesn't matter if a cat is black or white, so long as it catches mice.
I am truly sorry that a fowl of Canada is no longer with us.
I mean, it is an extraordinary thing that a large proportion of your country and my country, of the citizens, never see a wild creature from dawn 'til dusk, unless it's a pigeon, which isn't really wild, which might come and settle near them.