Timothy Beatley

“wondrous frolics of Brown Pelicans, sailing and surfing just inches above the crest of waves and maintaining tight flight formations, mesmerized me. When I was in my early teens, my dad and I took a momentous trip through Alaska. We began with a boat trip up the inland passageway, and I recall excitedly seeing my very first American Bald Eagle. The species was, at that time in the early 1970s, not doing very well. I kept a careful running tally of the Bald Eagles I saw (a remarkable number) over the course of those several weeks, and I will always associate these majestic birds with the time I spent with my father, exploring a place so exotic to both of us.”
― Timothy Beatley, The Bird-Friendly City: Creating Safe Urban Habitats

“itself was a flying one. My father was a captain for United Airlines, piloting stretch DC-8’s to West Coast cities and Hawaii. My aspiration was always to be a pilot as well, a compelling interest for me from a young age, fueled undoubtedly by pride in what my dad did. I obtained my pilot’s license at age seventeen, learning to fly in the family’s single-engine”
― Timothy Beatley, The Bird-Friendly City: Creating Safe Urban Habitats