Critter News
JANUARY 25, 2012
1, 2012, egg-laying hens across many European countries will live with fewer discomforts: The European Commission has officially implemented its ban on battery cages, the notoriously cramped cages used by many egg farmers and criticized by animal rights proponents and veterinarians who call them cruel and harmful to the birds' welfare.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 29, 2012
No wonder folks are hoarding water and batteries! I don’t know how things are in your part of the world, but in my geographic proximity, people are freaking out. Much of the Mid-Atlantic is bracing for what has been endearingly termed a Frankenstorm. They seems pretty pleased to be on the property themselves!
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10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 15, 2014
I got up on the Battery Harris platform and enjoyed large numbers of American Goldfinch going past, as well as flocks of Red-winged Blackbird , Common Grackle , and Pine Siskin. This bird gave me much better looks than the only previous White-winged Dove I had seen in New York, one in Staten Island in 2012.
Critter News
JUNE 10, 2011
The Spanish government has taken the unusual step of issuing a royal decree to compel farmers to report on what action they are taking to comply with the 2012 conventional cage-ban and if they require any government assistance. Here's an excerpt from Farmers Weekly Interactive.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 1, 2013
She writes, “it is entirely possible that by 2050, Battery Park City, the Rockaways, Coney Island, Alphabet City, Red Hook, Jersey City, and much of the financial district will all be drowned land.” Publisher: Fordham University Press, 2012. Yeah, I paused too when I read that. Just a little. Otherwise, it becomes overwhelming.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 1, 2016
Battery Pt. US-NC-Creswell-808 Spruill Town Rd W – 35.8355x-76.4209. 05 Jan 2016. Red-throated Loon – Gavia stellata. Rockaway Beach–Edgemere (Beach 32nd-56th St.). 06 Jan 2016. Pacific Loon – Gavia pacifica. and Lighthouse. 10 Aug 2016. Common Loon – Gavia immer. West Kirby. 01 Jan 2016. 22 Jan 2016.
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