10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 14, 2023

You might think that birds don’t change the world, birds are the world – but by his odd title, Ten Birds That Changed the World, author Stephen Moss means, he says, that birds have, in various ways, led to “paradigm shifts” in human history. They were barely mentioned in The Voyage of the Beagle and not at all in On the Origin of Species.

Bald Eagle 147

Bald Eagle Montenegro Campaign Turkey 147

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 7, 2017

Being charismatic species, Snowy Owls are the focus of the nature-loving community during the winter. Species have value. Most arguments for conserving a species focus on things that we can measure in dollar amounts, such as ecotourism, medical benefits, etc. Snowy Owls have value. However, there is too much focus on “likes.”

Ethics 136

Ethics Owls New York North America 136

10,000 Birds

MARCH 31, 2014

The island contains 80,000 breeding Sooty Terns, in addition to 4,500 breeding Brown Noddies and another 100 breeding pairs of the huge Magnificent Frigatebirds, not to mention pelicans, herons, Black Skimmers , other tern species, and so much more. When I say “cut,” I mean paper-cut sized wounds here. Oh, the lessons of bird banding.

Birds 174

Birds Florida Groups Breeding 174

Animal Ethics

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

What we do to animals shows how we feel about other species. if they see a mistreated dog, and shudder to see a wounded deer in the road. So why would they not insist that the cow that became their steak was treated humanely? Indeed, we have not come far from Upton Sinclair’s “ Jungle.” Bertha Rogers Delhi, N.Y., 21, 2008

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New York Times New York 2008 Factory Farm 40