Critter News

JULY 8, 2011

Similar legislation, on hold as a result of today’s agreement, was planned in Washington State and Oregon.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 8, 2012

And when it comes to field work, you can’t beat some of my office mates, like this above Indigo Bunting who serenades me when I’m changing data cards and batteries in bat detectors. So, not the beach, but still colorful views. But back to the ads. Here’s a fun one from a company called Advanced Weapon’s Technology.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

Head for the sea only when you fully recharge your batteries. In the case of Ionian Sea and the Prespa Lakes National Park, I would recommend two full days / three nights, and in the case of Aegean and the Kerkini Lake National Park, my recommendation goes towards three days / four nights.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 13, 2014

At first, I made a few record shots, digiscoping through the Swarovski 25-60×65 STX with a hand-held mobile phone, until the battery went flat. It allowed me to start birding some surprisingly productive areas, even close to my home, that I had always avoided because the birds are too far away. in which way? In every way!

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Animal Ethics

FEBRUARY 22, 2007

The animal advocacy group Compassion Over Killing has created a new website to bring attention to the fact that Morningstar Farms continues to use "battery eggs" from caged birds in their products. Here is the link. Congrats on the new site launch, by the way.

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Critter News

JUNE 10, 2011

In the decree the Spanish Government outlines a training and publicity initiatives to promote new methods of production to farmers and the public as well as a timeline to receive and investigate plans for conversion as well as committing €300m in loans for farmers to convert to enriched facilities.

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Animal Ethics

SEPTEMBER 7, 2009

There are environmental reasons to go vegetarian: The production of animal-derived foods is implicated in every major environmental problem. This FAO report goes on to note that livestock production is a major contributor to "land degradation, climate change and air pollution, water shortage and water pollution and loss of biodiversity."

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Animal Ethics

FEBRUARY 6, 2007

For example, "free roaming chickens" conjures up images of happy chickens running free and unfettered all about the barnyard, when in fact the label "free roaming chickens" just means chickens that were not raised in battery cages. We can refuse to purchase products of pain deceptively marketed as "humane."

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 1, 2019

Ben Lizdas commented somewhere how fascinated he is with optics: in this electronic era, the top-notch binoculars are true high-tech, yet they work without batteries. Personally, I prefer scopes over cameras, and paper over apps, but am open to and use the products of both worlds. Cover photo: birding Greece.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 16, 2013

Out east on Long Island you can find what is arguably the most productive inlet in coastal New York in terms of birding.* I should say trying to start my car because the battery had died overnight and it would not start. I set my alarm for 5:20 AM and was outside starting my car by 5:45.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 21, 2011

Based on the many references to how Apple products impact the future of birding guides, one has to wonder if Steve Jobs isn’t a bird watcher himself! Where do you charge your batteries in Namibia’s Kaokoveld during a longer trip away from lodges and hotels? The future definitely will be electronic.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 2, 2023

They do use quality hairstyle products, these birds. Birds marked in the Naoli River Basin in Heilongjiang Province, China, wintered along the Jiangsu coastline in China, while Eurasian Spoonbills from two discrete summering areas (in Inner and western Mongolia) overwintered inland in the Yangtze River floodplain of China.”

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