10,000 Birds
JUNE 6, 2018
To the police men and women that he supervises, he can often seem disengaged, following investigatory paths that the others have abandoned, or see no promise in. In short, the Birder Murders are getting better and better as they come off the presses, with A Shimmer of Hummingbirds the most dazzling of all — so far.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 28, 2011
I received a press release last week amidst all the Christmas Bird Counts stating that 3000 fewer birds were observed during the Christmas Bird Count in Central Park, NY and I thought the headline was a bit alarmist, but then again that’s what the headline on a press release is supposed to do to get your attention.
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10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 14, 2020
As far as wine goes, we’d be hard pressed to name a more romantic style than Chianti. While it certainly looks pretty and makes a charmingly rustic candlestick when empty, it can be a fussy and impractical packaging and it’s been abandoned by more and more Tuscan winemakers over the years in favor of more typical bottles.
Critter News
JULY 3, 2010
From the Associated Press. Animal welfare groups led by the Humane Society of the United States have agreed to abandon a fall ballot issue against animal cruelty as part of a deal with state farm groups brokered by Gov. To me, it's another example of the Humane Society's growing savvy and clout in the US.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 17, 2012
June 2, 2010 BP apparently bans workers from showing dead or dying wildlife and from talking to the press. May 29, 2010 BP finally announces that Operation “Top Kill”, the effort to force drilling mud into the wellhead and seal it, has failed. June 4, 2010 Oil washes up on barrier islands and beaches from Louisiana to Florida.
Animal Ethics
JULY 24, 2012
To secure the philosophical foundation for animal rights requires abandoning utilitarianism. ( Tom Regan , The Case for Animal Rights , updated with a new preface [Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 2004], 315 [italics in original; ellipsis added] [first edition published in 1983])
10,000 Birds
JUNE 9, 2022
In a press statement released by the species, it says “We are proud to raise our own chicks and condemn the practice of some of our relatives to dupe other birds into becoming foster parents” During the lockdown here in my Shanghai apartment complex, the TV advertisements in the elevators were not changed for almost 3 months.
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