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California’s Autumn Seas

10,000 Birds

And besides, it’s nice to see something that isn’t the same 12 (now 13) species of seabird (plus Molly Meep Meep, a Black Brant ) There may not be as many as in October, but they are there, and they can be cool. Visiting this area for the first time after seeing it for month was a crazy experience. You could even smell its breath!

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

But most important, they are beginning to starve, because the sea ice they depend on for hunting seals, their main food, is melting at a very rapid rate because of global warming. Eric Chivian Boston, Jan. We must recognize the shortsighted nature of Governor Palin’s appeal not to list the polar bear as endangered.