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EU Bans Battery Cages

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1, 2012, egg-laying hens across many European countries will live with fewer discomforts: The European Commission has officially implemented its ban on battery cages, the notoriously cramped cages used by many egg farmers and criticized by animal rights proponents and veterinarians who call them cruel and harmful to the birds' welfare.

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Come@me:Cameras with AA batteries are the best

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Despite the disadvantage of not being able to take many photos or having to wait for the photos to be developed you did not need to worry about batteries, because they were all manually operated. The Kodal Tele-ektralite 20 was a compact battery free camera and at the time it did not seem too big to carry around.

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Social Distancing

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But every Monday, when my weekend work peak has passed, I literally head for the hills, and recharge my batteries with a healthy dose of total solitude. This is very bad news for those whose battery-recharging times depend on movie theaters, restaurants, clubs, and gyms. And lots of birds, of course. But for introverts and birders?

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Dancing Party Animals

4 The Love Of Animals

They don’t come with batteries, but only take 3 AA. You can also use a power adapter (not included) if you don’t want to use batteries. I tried to catch it on video: They come with the audio cable so you can get started right away! The sound isn’t bad for a little speaker.

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Packing for a birding trip

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Don’t forget all the cables, chargers, backup batteries and international electrical adapters! Back to the phone, it is important for navigation, too, as well as for a bird ID app, especially calls and songs. Some birders might consider a voice recorder and a speaker (but I prefer not to use playback). Also a field notebook and pens.

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My Do-over

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But, as I detailed last week , that drive to the Pacific Coast was a rather spectacular failure, because of a highly unseasonal rain, and my failure to recharge my camera battery. But this time, it would be in the afternoon, with strong winds and brilliant sunshine… and a full camera battery. And where was the nearest beach?

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Queens County Bird Club Seventh Annual Big Sit

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As always, we were high above the Rockaway Peninsula in Queens, perched precariously on the platform atop Battery Harris, the old artillery battery built to defend New York Harbor in World War II.

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