10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

The individual I am pictured holding ( above ) was a friendly bird that (rather like a dog) seemed happy to be handled. On a visit in October 2022, I found ibises feeding with cattle in scruffy roadside paddocks adjacent to the marismas ( photographs below ). Here they were easy to overlook.

Morocco 218

Morocco Austria Algeria Germany 218

Critter News

FEBRUARY 23, 2009

In 2008, the Environmental Protection Agency charged Wildlife Services for its illegal placement of a sodium cyanide M-44 (a highly lethal booby trap) on public land, which harmed a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service biologist and killed his dog. The aerial gunning program has killed at least 10 agents and injured 28 more.

Killing 100

Killing Wildlife Groups Endangered Species 100

Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 11, 2008

Finishing the cattle on grass is a far “greener” method. 5, 2008 The writers are the authors of “ Beef: The Untold Story of How Milk, Meat, and Muscle Shaped the World.” 5, 2008 To the Editor: Kudos to The New York Times for covering the much-neglected connections between meat and climate change. Andrew Rimas Evan D.

New York Times 40

New York Times New York Meat Animal Welfare 40

Animal Ethics

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

21, 2008 To the Editor: You rightly capture the magnitude of the problem of ensuring safe food products. if they see a mistreated dog, and shudder to see a wounded deer in the road. Peters Paso Robles, Calif., Indeed, we have not come far from Upton Sinclair’s “ Jungle.” What we do to animals shows how we feel about other species.

New York Times 40

New York Times New York 2008 Factory Farm 40

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 5, 2019

Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. Cattle Tyrant – Machetornis rixosa. Marathon Prairie Dog Town. El Centenario Tidal Flats. 01 Jan 2018. Reddish Egret – Egretta rufescens. El Centenario Tidal Flats. 01 Jan 2018. Pied Heron – Egretta picata. 01 Mar 2018. El Centenario Tidal Flats. 01 Jan 2018. 01 May 2018.

2018 113

2018 Australia Woodpeckers Sparrows 113