10,000 Birds
APRIL 6, 2014
Now you can add another one to the list: the Ravencam, in the unlikeliest of places—the campus of Wellesley College , just outside of Boston, Massachusetts. Why else would they build their nest, which already contains two eggs, on the fire escape of the college’s science center? But clearly, this pair was looking for attention.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 16, 2012
Statue “Phillis Wheatley” by Meredith Bergmann, in Boston. If cats displace ferrets, then that probably means that birds are getting hit harder than rodents, and among birds, adult birds are getting hit harder than eggs or hatchlings. Which brings us to the present post, in which we ask “How many birds are there?”
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Critter News
NOVEMBER 16, 2010
The author is Nick Cooney and he's the Director of The Humane League, an animal advocacy non-profit with offices in Philadelphia, Boston, and Washington DC. And why do so many people say the oppose the cruel practices of factory farming, yet still eat meat, eggs and dairy products? In the author's words.
Critter News
DECEMBER 23, 2008
Thought-provoking article in the Boston Globe.some green thinkers are now coming to a surprising conclusion: In exceptional circumstances, they say, the only effective way to protect the environment may be at the barrel of a gun. In Nicaragua, the army patrols beaches to protect sea turtle eggs.
10,000 Birds
MAY 3, 2022
As a talked to a couple from Boston, new to birding, I spotted a Clapper Rail walking close behind us. The birds are so busy, finding sticks, flying with sticks, fixing nests, tending to eggs in nests, preening feathers, touching bills, feeding chicks, refusing to feed chicks. Clapper Rail. Back to the Flats.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 1, 2013
Wingate cannot battle DDT when it starts affecting the cahow eggs, but he can provide scientific evidence that is included in the landmark suit that results in its banning. military, whose base is directly across from Nonsuch and who seems to be continually in engaging in projects, like building a new ball field, that will impact the birds.
Animal Ethics
JANUARY 9, 2009
Michael Martin is a professor of philosophy at Boston University. A CRITIQUE OF MORAL VEGETARIANISM Michael Martin Boston University Vegetarianism is an old and respectable doctrine, and its popularity seems to be growing. For what it’s worth, I consider Martin a good philosopher, indeed, a very good philosopher. Mine is not.
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