Because of Roger Tory Peterson, we became watchers not just of birds, we also became watchers – and more importantly, protectors – of every form of life on our planet.
Robin Hood was not the only legendary individual to live in Sherwood Forest. America’s 10th president – John Tyler – did too. But unlike Robin Hood, Tyler was never much of a hero; he had few friends and his neighbors despised him. When he died no one outside his family seemed to care.