10,000 Birds

APRIL 21, 2012

It was a warm winter day and the bird seemed to be practicing its song for the breeding season to come. This is the time of year that Hermit Thrush move through the northeastern United States on the way to their distant breeding grounds. Many naturalists, writers, and poets have felt the same way. … a.

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New York United States Breeding Emotional 180

10,000 Birds

JULY 8, 2013

It is a bird of the Pacific coast of North and South America, breeding in western Mexico and southern California. It does not belong on the Atlantic coast of the northeastern United States at all, though they sometimes wander like the one that was found in New Jersey last year.

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New York South America 2013 New Jersey 150

10,000 Birds

APRIL 7, 2020

We then switch to Andy McWilliam, a genial investigator with the National Wildlife Crime Unit, who combines the skill of a life doing police work with a deep appreciation for the importance of Great Britain’s wildlife laws. And, some background on those laws, both in the United Kingdom and the United States.

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Falcons United Kingdom Zimbabwe Eggs 219

10,000 Birds

JUNE 2, 2015

Second, reading about birds courting and parenting brings out the tendency to identify, which leads directly to anthropomorphism, the tendency to assign birds human emotions and thoughts. Some people love books like that. Think of birds too much as humans and you lose the specialness that makes them birds.

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Eggs Family 2006 New York 263

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

We are all suckers for an albatross, at least in the United States. The species was seemingly killed off by feather hunters, but then, after years, reappeared at the site of one of the deserted breeding colonies, Torishima Island in Japan. Do I need to say anything more?

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Fox Albatross Geese Bald Eagle 100

Animal Ethics

APRIL 27, 2008

We can treasure the cultural and historical bond between animals and domesticated animals only by ignoring the emotional bond. And there is no good reason to breed, confine and kill animals for food unless we believe that economic benefit justifies killing. More than nine billion chickens are slaughtered each year in the United States.

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New York Times New York Meat Sheep 40