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Signs of Spring Migration in Costa Rica

10,000 Birds

That unwanted yet predictable final bit of killing cold weather was and is why most of the colorful insectivores, the true birds of summer, remained far to the south until May. Baltimore Oriole- one of the more common wintering birds in Costa Rica. Costa Rica is an important place for wintering Wilson’s Plovers.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

If the goal is not moral perfection for ourselves, but the maximum benefit for animals, half-measures ought to be encouraged and appreciated. To the Editor: Soon after I read Gary Steiner’s article, my wife asked me to kill a spider, which I did. But even then if we were to survive we would have to kill some animals in self-defense.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

He doesn’t recognize the public health and ecological harms caused by industrial food animal production methods, including increased antibiotic resistance, polluted drinking water, huge fish kills and impaired air quality leading to respiratory illness. JILLIAN PARRY FRY Baltimore, Feb.