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Jochen’s Top 10 birds of 2016

10,000 Birds

This allowed for my first very nice views at this species since the year 2001, which made me very happy. Shore Larks were therefore very high on my agenda during the last few days of the year as I found myself on the island Sylt, where they can frequently be found in salt marshes along the coast.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

In 2001, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimated that irradiating half the meat and poultry consumed in the United States would mean 900,000 fewer cases of food-borne illness and 350 fewer deaths each year. Unfortunately, irradiated meat and poultry can’t be found on store shelves. Larry Katzenstein Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.,