In 1941 he (Roger Tory Peterson) seems to predict battles to come when he wrote: “Spraying kills the insects, but the effects are temporary. In short, we must choose between the two: to have some insects and some birds, or to spray and have no insects and no birds.”

— Elizabeth J. Rosenthal Birdwatcher: The Life of Roger Tory Peterson (2008)

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