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The Extreme Raptor Weekend Round-Up

10,000 Birds

On October 15-16th, 2011 Nikon Birding teamed up with Hawk Mountain and Cabela’s to host a blow-out weekend focusing on raptors. This weekend was meant to draw kids into the Hamburg, PA Cabela’s to experience birds in a up-close and personal kind of way.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

Regardless of what we choose to eat, doing so will reduce our dietary carbon footprint by half because “about half of the food produced in the United States is thrown away.” What would the cost of a hamburger at Burger King or McDonald’s be if the meat were to come from Ms. Toney Union, N.J., Indeed, in Ms.