A bird doesn’t sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song. Maya Angelou
The sparrows are preparing for winter, each one dressed in a plain brown coat and singing a cheerful song. Charles Kuralt
No bird soars too high, if he soars with his own wings. William Blake
Each bird must sing with his own throat. Henrik Ibsen
Birds which are the same color as the foliage in which they nest are less likely to be disturbed by other birds who want to drop in and chat, and therefore last longer. Robert Benchley
Did St Francis preach to the birds? Whatever for? If he really liked birds he would have done better to preach to the cats. Rebecca West
A forest bird never wants a cage. Henrik Ibsen
I value my garden more for being full of blackbirds than of cherries, and very frankly give them fruit for their songs. Joseph Addison
Those little nimble musicians of the air, that warble forth their curious ditties, with which nature hath furnished them to the shame of art. Izaak Walton
There is nothing in which the birds differ more from man than the way in which they can build and yet leave a landscape as it was before. Robert Lynd
I once had a sparrow alight upon my shoulder for a moment, while I was hoeing in a village garden, and I felt that I was more distinguished by that circumstance that I should have been by any epaulet I could have worn. Henry David Thoreau