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Feeding Wild Birds in America: Culture, Commerce & Conservation: A Book Review by a Curious Bird Feeder

10,000 Birds

Feeding Wild Birds in America: Culture, Commerce & Conservation by Paul J. The growth of community bird feeding programs in the 1920’s, for example, is shown to be rooted in post-World War I America prosperity–more spending money, more time, and (this is the part I like) the availability of cheap grain. And conservation.

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Bota Box: Nighthawk Black Red Wine Blend

10,000 Birds

But boxed wines do have certain advantages over bottled: the packaging is cheaper, lighter, easier to transport, and – because the spout dispenses with little intake of air – the wine inside is only very slow exposed to outside oxygen and therefore stays fresh much longer than an uncorked bottled wine. Good birding and happy drinking!

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Meat, Cancer, and the Cumulative Case for Ethical Vegetarianism

Animal Ethics

In addition, the animals are subjected to excruciating mutilations – including branding, dehorning, debeaking, tooth pulling, tail docking, and castration – all performed without anesthesia. The noxious fumes from the accumulated urine and feces cause lung problems in many of the animals. Running time: 12 Minutes.