10,000 Birds

APRIL 22, 2022

The subtitle of Jackie Higgins’ book Sentient: How Animals Illuminate the Wonder of Our Human Senses , aptly sets forth her thesis – though the “wonder” it refers to could equally well be used to describe animal (not just human) senses, as she shows in fascinating detail.

Humane 228

Humane New York Owls Hunting 228

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 14, 2018

Unlike Barred Owls they were accompanied by no great controversy , and unlike Cattle Egrets or Eurasian Collared Doves they didn’t come as an abrupt continent-hopping surprise. There’s a certain suburbanization of the natural as well as the human world.

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New York Times Montana Oregon Deer 140

10,000 Birds

JUNE 20, 2014

Up on Higgins near the book store it’s just the occasional bit of fairy floss angling down across my vision. Humans have not helped. The result is a slow retreat of the cottonwoods, not readily noticed by a human with a human lifespan and attention-span unless we know what to look for.

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Montana Cattle Deer Humane 160

10,000 Birds

MAY 3, 2022

They did flush eventually, but not because of humans. Smith Oaks is a migratory bird sanctuary owned and maintained by Houston Audubon, and the Rookery is a year-round bonus, full of Spoonbills, Great Egrets, Snowy Egrets, Cattle Egrets, Neotropical Cormorants, Anhingas, Tricolored Herons and Black-crowned Night-Herons. It was amazing.

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Houston Texas Sanctuary Sparrows 201

10,000 Birds

JULY 18, 2022

Side note: Indeed, if you follow the titles of newly published books, you will see that there is a constant flow of “Reverse harem” publications. ” I can see how this line of thinking leads to all kinds of sci-fi types of thought (“would I mate with an alien if I was the last human on earth”, etc.),

Birds 162

Birds South Korea Japan Abandon 162

Animal Ethics

SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

The Argument from Human Grain Shortage All of the clearly moral arguments for vegetarianism given so far have been in terms of animal rights and suffering. New moral vegetarianism, however, rests on moral arguments couched in terms of human welfare. It is argued that beef cattle and hogs are protein factories in reserve.

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Vegetarian Morals Meat Cattle 40

10,000 Birds

MARCH 18, 2011

The primary reasons for the decline of macaws and parrots are many but habitat loss due to logging; clear cutting for crops and cattle ranching; and capture for the pet trade rank among the most threatening. Spring is the perfect season to take this book for a spin! That’s right – birds eating clay.

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Peru Parrots 2011 Research Center 254