Sutton, George Miksch
George Miksch Sutton: an internationally acclaimed bird and wildlife artist, writer, teacher, and ornithologist. Professor Emeritus of Zoology at the University of Oklahoma and Curator of Birds the Stovall Museum.

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What a sweet spot of earth was this our foothill, our stretch of river, our old, weed-grown farm! Down through a cloud that was our very own the warm sunlight filtered. At A Bend In A Mexican River, 1972.

 

How good it was to look up into the towering cypress trees, with their shaggy moss, to hear the distant chatter of red-crowned parrots; to see a green kingfisher darting downriver . . . Ibid.

 

I for one, refuse to be depressed. Sobered, made thoughtful, but not depressed. Ways can be worked out that will preserve stretches of wild country. The moves will be made before it is too late. Mankind will come to realize that wilderness is important. That real wilderness must continue. Ibid.