10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 23, 2023

They look crap but presumably offer some protection for the chicks, though not from each other (see the murderous activities within the nests in my previous post ). They frequently reuse nest holes, thus saving vital natural resources even though cleaning out the used nest hole takes about one week ( source ). Or speluncaphobia?

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10,000 Birds

MAY 7, 2019

But, it’s more than that, because each essay also includes “a big idea, a method or technique or resource, about bird study in our age” (p. Many essays, especially in the later sections, end with a question, hopefully getting us to think more about questions of ethics, conservation, and the puzzles posed by nature.

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Animal Person

MAY 10, 2009

If you can get through the article's pernicious nonsense, there are some salient points, albeit the result of confusion on the part of the author. It has absolutely nothing to do with any genuine environmentalist ethic. Like I said, the entire animal rights "ethic" is both cynical and dishonest. Why do you suppose that is?

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10,000 Birds

MAY 23, 2023

Birders who embark on a big year often dedicate a significant amount of time, effort, and resources to travel to different habitats, explore various locations, and encounter a wide range of bird species. Additionally, many birding apps and online resources also provide valuable information and digital field guides for bird identification.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 3, 2018

The result is a really good read, a suspenseful true-crime narrative that reads like a novel yet also probes real-life questions focused on the purpose of natural history museum collections and the ethics of closely gated “hobbyist” communities. Photograph used in image section of The Feather Thief. Excellent, thorough Index.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 15, 2015

Although this park was logged in the past, as a national park it is one of the few forests in Ghana that is really protected. . I returned home with very mixed feelings, which have spurred this article. The timber industry-led assault on this resource is building towards ecological catastrophe. What makes Ghana so special?

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Animal Person

AUGUST 6, 2009

England’s The Guardian ran an article announcing that “two of the Honduran coup government's top advisers have close ties to the US secretary of state. Tags: Activism Current Affairs Economics Ethics. One is Lanny Davis, an influential lobbyist who was a personal lawyer for President Bill Clinton and also campaigned for Hillary.

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