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Third time lucky for Arabian Babbler

10,000 Birds

Arabian Babblers live in co-operative groups usually consisting of a breeding pair and their offspring. The offspring remain and help out raising subsequent broods. More complex groups form when potential breeding males and/or females join.

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The Uncommon Demise of a Wood Thrush in Costa Rica

10,000 Birds

On the breeding grounds of the north, a small bird flies into the night, takes a bearing for the south, gains altitude and flies onward. He mentioned how, growing up, locals talked about losing small chickens to those frogs but never to toads. Migrant birds make an incredibly perilous journey, twice per year. Flap, flap, glide.

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National Audubon Society Birds of North America: A Guide Review

10,000 Birds

If you remember that the first edition of Sibley was published with “National Audubon Society” on the cover, raise your hand. I didn’t.). And now we have the third iteration in Audubon’s guide book history: National Audubon Society Birds of North America. This is a fairly large book: 907 pages; 7.38

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My Favorite Release

10,000 Birds

Their population is in serious decline, so their breeding colonies are monitored by biologists. I raised them, banded them and released them back to their colony site that summer. I’ve been locked in a chicken coop once or twice, too. Biologists are trying to get them to adopt nest boxes, but no luck with the CA birds so far.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

We encourage kids to gently pet baby lambs, cows, chickens and pigs, but we deny them this loving connection when we serve animals for dinner by surreptitiously calling them chops, hamburger, nuggets and bacon. There is no happy ending for even the most humanely raised animal. We call ourselves vegetarians.

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Animal Advocates' Successes Have Factory Farmers Running Scared

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Consider some of the victories: On November 5th, 2002, more than two and a half million Floridians voted "Yes" on Amendment 10 to amend the state constitution and prohibit the use of gestation crates , narrow metal cages where breeding pigs are kept for most of their lives. The full text of the amendment is available here.

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Another Reason to Go Vegetarian

Animal Ethics

In recent years, MRSA has been found in retail cuts of chicken, pork, beef and other meats—a particularly worrisome trend since MRSA can be contracted simply by handling infected cuts of meat. Factory farms are concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) where animals are raised intensively and permanently confined in warehouses and sheds.