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The Art of Bird Camp

10,000 Birds

Puffins growl like chainsaws, and one in Britain was seen carrying 62 fish in her beak. One morning I skipped a trip to Damariscotta in order to go bird banding with the teens, who chatted animatedly as we trouped into the woods with mist nets and bags of equipment. Fueled by Sue’s enthusiasm, our group crowded around excitedly but silently.

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The One Animal Product You Should Feed Your Children

Animal Ethics

In my earlier post "Children and Heart Disease" available here , I noted that, in the seventh and final edition of Dr. Spock's Baby and Child Care: A Handbook for Parents of the Developing Child from Birth to Adolescence , Dr. Benjamin Spock no longer recommends feeding animal products to children after two years of age. The answer is "Yes."

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