Critter News
SEPTEMBER 7, 2009
As of this time, all Trader Joe's brand eggs come only from cage-free hens. Any conventional eggs sold in our stores are in a brand name carton, not under the Trader Joe's label. Here's what they say about Trader Joe's eggs (definitely does not sound humane to me.) But are they really free-range eggs?
10,000 Birds
MAY 10, 2022
That is definitely not our aim. It turns out that humans are less likely to trample off the trail and damage plants and so on if the trail has a really obvious edge or other boundary. Is there a conflict? If so, how should we think about these issues? A: We’re not about trying to make every birding location a flat concrete trail.
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10,000 Birds
MAY 26, 2017
Falcon Wild is a new book in that long tradition, and this one features a more realistic (though still very slightly romanticized) portrait of a human/animal partnership. Given the horrible consequences of irresponsible falconry for birds, it’s definitely a plus to see the text emphasize this.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 24, 2020
This boldness isn’t restricted to exchanges with other grouse, either: in some locales, members of this circumpolar family are astonishingly foolhardy around humans. But there’s at least one night on the Scottish calendar when the grouse enjoys a reprieve, at least from human appetites.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 11, 2011
Other birds with webbed feet, including ducks and geese, have only three webbed toes; the hallux (which in birds is usually the “hind toe&# and in humans, the “big toe&# ) is free. For all of recorded history, humans have classified other living things by their physical characteristics. He could not say the same today.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 5, 2013
The first two questions were never definitely answered. Even during the breeding season the birds appear to be quite unwary of humans. The bird illustrations in the third edition are brand new, updated by a group of eight artists working under the direction of John P.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 2, 2012
So little is known about Green-breasted Pitta, that he cannot get a definite location for the bird, or a recording of its display call. (He The books work best when the birding is coupled with the human element. Black-faced Pitta is found only on one of the Solomon Islands (northwest of Australia).
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