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Crested and Proud

10,000 Birds

A crest is a “comb or tuft of feathers, fur, or skin on the head of a bird or other animal” Birds use them for display purposes – they can be either recumbent (not noticeable when not erect) or recursive (noticeable in all states). So much for the educational part of the blog post.

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Baby Fur Seal Lament – Digital Nomad

4 The Love Of Animals

Baby Fur Seal Lament – Digital Nomad. Along his journey (as with most of his adventures) he stops to hang with local animals, and to share his experience in his blog. Andrew is hanging with some adorable baby Antarctic fur seals in South Geogria, and has posted a video of his encounter. Check the video out here.

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On Google, HSUS and Fur

Animal Person

Many bloggers who are pro-animal rights have either not used Google's AdSense or stopped because they discovered that, for instance, their anti-fur post was surrounded by ads for fur. pro creating-animals-to-skin-them-for-their-fur. Nothing personal, but I have to blog about this. They're not hiding anything.)

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British Student Attacked by Portuguese Fur Shop Owner

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The post in the ANIMAL blog is in Portuguese , but here's the gist of it. A British student studying in Porto, Portugal, was handing out leaflets in front of "Beigel," a fur shop. Tags: fur portugal. She was volunteering for ANIMAL. She had already been threatened by the owner on Wednesday for trespassing on her premises.

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Chris from Beijing is Finally Blogging!

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Christopher Barden, an American vegan living in Beijing, and whom I mention frequently, has started his own blog/"Notes on Life" ! Earlier this year he'd send snapshots of various vegan sites that use Google's AdSense to the people who run the sites to illustrate their well-intentioned message was flanked by fur ads or other such undesirable.

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Big Year Birding Update

10,000 Birds

Seeing as it is near the midway point of the year I thought it would be nice to check in on how the blogging Big Year birders are doing thus far in 2012. Anthony also has a brand new blog ! You can keep up with her exploits on the ABA Blog. Are there any other blogging big year birders out there? It’s quite a list!

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Failure to launch

10,000 Birds

Birding blog trip reports usually are rousing stories of success against incredible odds, or at the very least spectacular failures that make the reader laugh. The objective wasn’t even birds, it was fur seals. It wasn’t fur seals, or even eciting birding, but it was fun to poke around. Which brings us to yesterday.

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