Critter News

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

For example, why is it so hard for our family members and co-workers – many of whom have companion animals that they love – to cut cruelty from their diets and go vegan? Rory Freedman, co-author of the New York Times bestseller Skinny Bitch, proclaims “If you want to create a better world, read this book!”

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Advocacy Factory Farm Factory Farming Companion Animal 100

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MAY 5, 2020

I had heard of Roger Tory Peterson, but I didn’t know that he was a New York birder, born in upstate Jamestown in 1908, nor that he had birded the Bronx when he was a young man, a member of NYC Linnaean Society and the fabled Bronx Bird Club. Family groups are briefly introduced with descriptions of their shared characteristics.

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North America America Hawaii Birds 223

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MARCH 17, 2011

All of the shots in this post were taken on 12-13 March 2011 at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, Queens, New York. Hes only been birding since 2005 but has garnered a respectable life list by birding whenever he wasnt working as a union representative or spending time with his family. RECENT POSTS More Habitat for Snowy Plover?

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Ducks 2011 New York New York City 144

Animal Ethics

APRIL 8, 2008

To the Editor: While businesses that rent dogs may be well intentioned, they’re unlikely to benefit the overall welfare of pets, and may actually do harm to the individual dogs they “rent” (“ For a Temporary Best-Friend Fix, Rent a Dog (Kibble Included) for a Day ,” news article, March 30).

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New York Times Humane Society Of The United States New York The Humane Society 40

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MARCH 19, 2011

… Tags: south-africa , Spotted Dikkop , stone curlews , thick-knees • Camping tents - Check out our pop up tents , family tents , and more! The nom de blog Redgannet was adopted to add an air of mystery and to make himself more attractive to women. … This post has been submitted to Bird Photography Weekly #134.

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2011 Deer Africa Peru 170

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MARCH 16, 2011

They would all be wrong, as New Zealand has no official National Bird. In spite of this New Zealand does have an iconic family of birds that has served as an emblem for the country for over a century, the kiwi. Cats Are Still Public Enemy Number One, For Birds The New York Times and Tweety have it absolutely correct.

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New Zealand 2011 Deer New York 149

10,000 Birds

MARCH 16, 2011

The results will inform a vision document to be adopted in July 2011 at a national conference to guide the NWR system for wildlife protection into the next decade and beyond. Cats Are Still Public Enemy Number One, For Birds The New York Times and Tweety have it absolutely correct. Wicked, right? Hat-tip to Stella.

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2011 Wildlife Birds Deer 140

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MAY 5, 2015

Experienced birders can identify birds using GISS; all birders can identify birds if they adopt the BBI approach. Bird families that resemble each other are combined into one chapter, for example “Owls, Nightjars, and Nighthawks,” and are then treated separately within the chapter. So say Kevin T.

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Birds New Jersey Science Groups 172

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MARCH 6, 2011

A three-part trip report for Hong Kong including the Orange-headed Thrush and visiting Tai Mo Shan , Cheun Lung Family Walk, and Aberdeen Reservoirs, can be found on Redgannet. The nom de blog Redgannet was adopted to add an air of mystery and to make himself more attractive to women. RECENT POSTS More Habitat for Snowy Plover?

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2011 Deer India New York 191

10,000 Birds

MARCH 5, 2011

The nom de blog Redgannet was adopted to add an air of mystery and to make himself more attractive to women. Cats Are Still Public Enemy Number One, For Birds The New York Times and Tweety have it absolutely correct. I had to do all three as we headed to Universal’s Wizarding World of Harry Potter. Wicked, right?

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2011 Alligators Florida Deer 117

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NOVEMBER 3, 2015

Each species account starts with names–family name at the top of the page, followed below by English name of the species, alpha code, scientific name, local name in Cuba and the standard name as accepted by the Sociedad Española de Ornitología (SEO). This New York Times article summarizes the current status of travel to Cuba.

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Cuba Birds United States 2000 238

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MARCH 14, 2011

Of the Central Flyway states, Nebraska alone holds out in protecting the cranes, having proven by its longstanding Festival of the Cranes in Kearney that a crane is worth infinitely more alive and purring in the sky with its family than thudding, broken and bleeding, into a cornfield. RECENT POSTS More Habitat for Snowy Plover? Wicked, right?

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2011 Kentucky Tennessee Hunting 254