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Flight Paths: A Book Review Written During Migration

10,000 Birds

His adventures were first documented (to my knowledge) for the birding public in Miyoko Chu’s in Songbird Journeys (2006). The amount of research she did for this book is mind boggling, especially considering that most of it was during the Covid years.

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First Outbreak of Usutu Virus in Germany

10,000 Birds

So, to cut things short, there is sickness all around me, and I have thus decided to have my February post whistle to that tune as well and give an update to the mysterious die-off amongst our Eurasian Blackbirds that occurred around my home turf in Heidelberg last summer – blogged about here.

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Note to Those Wanting Promotion: Pay Attention

Animal Person

Having read your blogs I thought you might like to hear about Compassion in World Farming’s Bake with Compassion fundraising week. We are hoping you might be interested in spreading word of the event to readers of your blog, or may know someone who would like to blog about this fundraising event. But that was back in 2006.

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Vile Practices at Tulare County, CA Animal Shelter

Critter News

From the ALDF blog. He used a company check to purchase another $1,000 gift certificate, which he gave to Harmon in 2006. I grew up in the San Joaquin Valley and am familiar with Tulare County. That's why this action alert from the Animal Legal Defense Fund strikes a cord with me. Arrested in June 2007, Michael J. Sargeant, William R.

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Hawks In Flight, Second edition: A Review of a New Version of a Birding Classic

10,000 Birds

He is the author of many bird and nature books and articles, including Pete Dunne’s Essential Field Guide Companion (2006), The Feather Quest (1999), and The Wind Masters: The Lives of North American Birds of Prey , illustrated by Sibley (2003). David also writes Sibley Guides , a blog in which he talks about natural history subjects.

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On ANIMAL EQUALITY, by Joan Dunayer

Animal Person

A handful Animal Person readers since May of 2006, when I started this then-daily blog, have asked me if I've read Joan Dunayer. My deconstructions of the language of our relationship with sentient nonhumans in this blog--and the way I approach discussing that relationship--is similar to Dunayer's.

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Animals Have Personalities? No WAY!

Animal Person

When I started blogging in May of 2006 I was very snarky. Snark defined blogging back then. And of course, as a (pop) culture whose sensibility has been formed by The Onion and The Daily Show , it's no wonder. My snarkiness increased, and turned into ranting, but then ranting for some reason got old.

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