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Birding Shanghai in June 2022

10,000 Birds

This one seems to wonder about whether eating flies is the right lifestyle choice though. While the smaller size is the obvious difference between the Lesser Coucal and the Greater Coucal, another distinction (if you forget your measuring tape at home) is that the Lesser Coucal has some white streaks on the wings, unlike the Greater Coucal.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

There are many of these, survivors of the industrialization of our food supply, in most cities and towns across America. 4, 2009 To the Editor: I have been a strict vegetarian most of my life, and, as such, I have never lacked reasons—ethical, economic and health-related—to continue this lifestyle. 4): Your article about E.