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Into the Nest: A Book Review in the Time of Nesting

10,000 Birds

Photos of birds from northeastern areas predominate, not surprisingly since photographer Marie Read lives and works in upstate New York. American Crows live in extended families, with sons and daughters from previous years helping to raise the current brood. The book is divided into three parts. Winkler and Justin Hite).

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What is the National Bird of Honduras?

10,000 Birds

It was decreed a national symbol of Honduras on 28 June 1993 by the National Congress of Honduras as a way to raise awareness of the varied avifauna of Honduras. Cats Are Still Public Enemy Number One, For Birds The New York Times and Tweety have it absolutely correct. Community conservation – valuing what’s around us.Or

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

I buy pasture-raised meat, milk and eggs from local farmers who I know personally, because the animals are healthier than industrially raised animals, and I find that the quality is better. I hope everyone who prefers local and pasture-raised animals will speak up and protect the source of their food and health.

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Animals Have Personalities? No WAY!

Animal Person

When I started blogging in May of 2006 I was very snarky. While other people might trade barbs or even turn to fisticuffs, I'd dig deep for the most hurtful thing I could say, in the fewest words, and deliver it without even raising my voice. Snark defined blogging back then. Not a great quality, but dreadfully effective.

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Roger Scruton on the Duty to Eat Meat

Animal Ethics

Where there are conscientious carnivores, however, there is a motive to raise animals kindly. Bit by bit the news would get around, that there is a right and a wrong way to eat; and—failing some coup d’état by censorious vegetarians—the process would be set in motion, that would bring battery farming to an end.

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The Nonessential Whooping Crane

10,000 Birds

And fun and food are, I’d submit, not enough reason to fell a bird in which only one in three pairs manages to raise a single chick each season; a bird that has captured the imagination and hearts of tens of thousands of people, whose sonorous purr floats down from on high like the voice of a pterosaur. Thank you for your efforts.

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The complete guide to Dodo relatives, living and dead

10,000 Birds

A large, extinct relative of the (barely) extant Tooth-billed Pigeon described above was described in 2006 from remains found in Tonga ( Steadman 2006 ). In order to raise our awareness, to remind us of what we have lost, and to inspire us to fight for Every. Tongan Tooth-billed Pigeon ( Didunculus placopedetes ).