10,000 Birds

AUGUST 19, 2014

Whales emerge from within the larger group of mammals that includes cattle, deer, pigs, camels, with camels being the most deeply rooted. (So So pigs are camels, as you probably already suspected.) The point is, of course, that whales are not cows. Whales have a blow hole and fins, and they swim all the time. Cows do not. As Lee Et.Al

Camels 202

Camels Whales Whaling Apes 202

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 6, 2021

Lesser Roadrunner: The very definition of a “vindication bird” I had seen my first Lesser Roadrunner in 2014, shortly after falling face-first into a stream, leaving my camera and binoculars temporarily useless. I said that this year I saw the Slaty Vireo , not that I got good photos of it.

Mexico 169

Mexico 2020 2019 Turkey 169

Animal Ethics

MARCH 6, 2014

BRUCE FRIEDRICH Senior Policy Director Farm Sanctuary Washington, March 4, 2014 To the Editor: The humane laws for hens in California that provide them more space in which to live should be countrywide. The same goes for pigs and cattle that are exploited and forced to live in substandard conditions. Chickens deserve to live humanely.

New York Times 40

New York Times New York Farm Sanctuary Battery Cages 40

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 5, 2014

The book’s entry on John James Audubon (subsumed interestingly under Number 18: Pig bristle paintbrushes) states that Audubon was financially well off and able to draw and paint birds across the U.S. Bloomsbury USA, August 2014. But, the limited space also means that information is sometimes compressed and limited.

Collecting 173

Collecting Mauritius Egypt Cyprus 173