"As we learn to bear the intimacy of scrutiny and to flourish within it, as we learn to use the products of that scrut…"

"For those of us who write, it is necessary to scrutinize not only the truth of what we speak, but the truth of that l…"

"Skeptical scrutiny is the means, in both science and religion, by which deep insights can be winnowed from deep nonse…"

"No one would have believed in the last years of the nineteenth century that this world was being watched keenly and c…"

"If you enjoy watching birds, you stand in good company. There are, in the estimate of the National Survey on Recreati…"

"Birds become more and more fascinating, not less, the more you watch them."

"It is a fun exercise among s to try to pinpoint a childhood moment when they deviated from the path of “ordinary” peo…"

"But since it was birders he was dealing with, there wasn’t any harm just letting us in on the honor system. There was…"

"Anyone who is interested in birds eventually reaches the point when he or she joins the , or loses enthusiasm. The Tr…"

"We ardent birders share not only a skill and craft but also a state of mind—more, a state of heart, one akin to love.…"