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Birds of the West: An Artist’s Guide–A Book Review

10,000 Birds

And, John Laws widely praised The Laws Guide to Drawing Birds (2012) is mysteriously missing. A selected list of books for “further reading,” covers both bird and art technique books. They are good basic lists, though I think selected web sites could also have been included.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals applauds the efforts of those district attorneys and animal control officers who are enforcing the law against those few chefs who continue to flout it. Foie gras is the diseased liver of ducks or geese that have been force-fed through pipes shoved down their throats.