Animal Person

AUGUST 12, 2010

In " Move to Limit 'Factor Farms' Gains Momentum " in today's New York Times , we learn that farmers in Ohio have agreed to phase out gestation crates within 15 years and veal crates by 2017. Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics Language animal rights factory farms family farms. And all of those are implicit in "farm."

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Gestation Crates Farming Factory Farm Factory Farming 100

10,000 Birds

MAY 28, 2017

At least one birder will now likely grab his war hammer and check flight availabilities from New York to Frankfurt as well as average prison sentences in Germany for first degree murder. So, your next step is to search for the right habitat. Black Woodpeckers are usually easy to find in Germany.

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Germany Woodpeckers Luxembourg North America 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 7, 2017

That’s not right.” Hunting in western Mongolia; left to right: Aisholpan’s father, Nurgaiv and Aisholpan and their Golden Eagles. The Eagle Huntress was conceived and directed by Otto Bell, a British filmmaker currently based in New York City. Photo by Asher Svidensky, Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics.

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Eagles Mongolia Hunters Hunting 106

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 18, 2018

When I was a kid, I remember asking about the possibility of seeing a Bald Eagle around western New York. Many species that live right here in Costa Rica are also very difficult to find, have prominent positions on local target lists, and some have attained near mythical status. I’ll start with some global ones.

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Costa Rica Bald Eagle Eagles Birds 104

10,000 Birds

MAY 4, 2017

In 2009, I traveled from New York City to the tropical rainforest of Ecuador. The New Neotropical Companion. Princeton University Press, 2017. It was my first trip to the Neotropics, and I had no idea what I was getting into. If you know what to look for and if you understand how to interpret what you’re seeing.

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South America Ecuador Reptiles America 183

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 19, 2016

I opened the year in California and even though I flew out in the evening on New Year’s Day I did see some species out there that I would otherwise not have seen for the year. Winter birding around New York City was just so-so but I did add one species to my Queens list. That’s some awesome stuff right there!

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2016 Puerto Rico New York City New York 164

10,000 Birds

MAY 8, 2017

In fact, we saw two species of monkey, our only sloths, lots of coatis, and my rarest ever mammal sighting—a Jaguarundi —right on site. Yes, that’s Panama City to the right. One seen on Lago Gatún during our boat tour, right before White-faced Capuchins came aboard for grapes. The view from our window at Radisson Summit.

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Panama 2017 Monkeys Family 100

10,000 Birds

JUNE 6, 2017

Of course, this only works when the target birds vocalize, which Scaup don’t tend to do in winter in New York City. The symbol on the right indicates roughly how the sounds in each group appears on the spectrogram. It sounds confusing, and, like many new things, it is confusing until you start using it. x 8 inches.

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North America America Birds New York 189

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 3, 2017

I started the year in Florida, traveled to India with the ABA in February, combined family and birding in an August trip to California, and in-between saw very good birds in New York and New Jersey. Bring on 2017! The year list total is 709 countable and 2 non-countable birds. ” But, of course, I am.

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2016 India Ducks Birds 127

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Getting from Portland, Oregon to McAllen, Texas—one of the towns near Santa Ana NWR—is neither quick nor easy, but I arrived on Sunday, November 5, 2017. That can take years, particularly in Texas, where property rights are deemed sacrosanct. It was hot and most of the ponds and wetlands were dry.

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Texas United States Mexico Campaign 189

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

I am a city girl and until I became a birder my contact with hunting was limited to occasionally seeing dead deer on the tops of cars in upstate New York. And, let’s face it, he is right. As of January 2017, Ducks Unlimited has conserved 13,902,792 acres in North America, including 5,509,855 in the United States.*

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Ducks North America Geese Hunters 145