“The phoebe-bird is a wise architect and perhaps enjoys as great an imm...” — John Burroughs Quote

“The phoebe-bird is a wise architect and perhaps enjoys as great an immunity from danger, both in its person and its nest, as any other bird. Its modest ashen-gray suit is the color of the rocks where it builds, and the moss of which it makes such free use gives to its nest the look of a natural growth or accretion.”

“One resolution I have made, and try always to keep, is this: ‘To rise above little things’.”