Critter News
JANUARY 25, 2012
Full article on Food Safety News. The law, finalized in 1999, comes after a 12-year "phase-out" period meant to allow egg farmers time to implement the costly transition away from battery cages. According to the Scotsman newspaper, replacing battery cages with more-hospitable "enriched" cages has alone cost U.K. As of Jan.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 23, 2023
Sukau birding essentially means staying in a more-or-less comfortable lodge on the banks of the Kinatabagan river, and taking boat tours on more-or-less rickety boats on the river. So, just photos of the birds themselves. Why that makes Mr. Graydon worthy of having a bird species named after him is a mystery to me.
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10,000 Birds
AUGUST 31, 2013
I only mention this because a traditional Blue Moon is currently sailing slowly past my window and I had no idea of its significance until I came across an article in www.space.com. If you have a Canon DSLR camera, select the “Sensor Cleaning/ Clean Manually” facility from the menu (first ensure that you have a full battery).
Animal Person
APRIL 6, 2010
At least there is a similar response given by the scientists in this article who study animals. Researchers conducted experiments in a lab, then released the animals into the wild, making sure to note that "This was a much harder part of the study, and involved lugging around of batteries," and found similar results.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 1, 2013
My spark bird was the Red-tailed Hawk that lives next to Central Park, the one named Pale Male I’ve always been a little embarrassed about this. There have been three books written about Pale Male and 2 movies made about him, and saying that he was the bird that sparked my birding obsession makes me feel like I am living out an urban cliché.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 1, 2019
Okay, this was a shorter distance observation, but even in such situations I love to see birds through the scope. I have an excellent scope – the very best piece of my birding equipment (oh, this year I should finally get a mobile phone adapter for it), and a rather inferior camera. Why should I sketch it, I am lousy at that.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 5, 2024
If the birds were Germans, Siberian Rubythroats wintering in Xishuangbanna (where I saw them a few years ago) would certainly be described as “Warmduscher” by their fellow species members seen in Shanghai this month. Well, they are birds, not humans. ”), etc. ” Can’t afford to lose any more readers.
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