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NYT Equine Thought Experiment

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And that fact gives rise to a thought-experiment. Perhaps if we never used nonhumans and instead relied on our own ingenuity we would have created modes of transportation better than those we have today. Horse-drawn carriages and breeding and racing horses and using them to play polo or to schlep kids around is an insult to horses.

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Feather Trails: A Journey of Discovery Among Endangered Birds–A Book Review

10,000 Birds

Her experiences are framed within the larger scientific histories how once common species become endangered, and of how people and organizations have strategized and explored controversial paths to bring their numbers up and nurture them till they fill our skies. This is the chapter where Osborn talks about “second chances.”

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My Favorite Mexican Birdsongs

10,000 Birds

You truly cannot experience the Gray-barred Wren without hearing the raucous calls shared among group members of this highly-social species. If I ever moved away from Morelia, this ringing call would instantly transport me back here. Ferruginous Pygmy-Owls will also sometimes do so.).

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Spotlight: Maureen Eiger – To Intervene or Not to Intervene?

10,000 Birds

We also try to re-nest uninjured baby birds so we don’t interfere with a bird’s breeding cycle. Experience shows that bird parents do feed babies in makeshift nests reattached to tree branches, bushes, gutters, and even tree cavity sections duct taped to another tree. Call and transport the bird to a bird rehabber ASAP.

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Puffin Trip in Maine

10,000 Birds

They were reintroduced to Eastern Egg Rock starting in 1973 , with over a thousand young transported from Canada over several years. It was the first seabird colony to be restored and when Atlantic Puffins starting breeding on the island again in 1977 it was the first time since 1885 that puffins had bred on Eastern Egg Rock.

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The Danube Backwaters

10,000 Birds

What I have always missed there and what I still miss is to experience presence of the European Beaver. All suburbs within the Pancevacki rit are serviced by Belgrade public transport, but from them, it may be 1 to 3 miles more to reach the levees.

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The Wonderfulness of Local Field Guides: Reviews of ABA Field Guide to Birds of Maine & Birding Guide to the Greater Pasadena Area

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we learn) that are home to coveted boreal species, breeding wood-warblers, and two species of Grouse. The hotspot chapters close with “How To Get There” by car, public transportation, and bicycle, and “Amenities/Fees”–hours, bathrooms, picnic tables, required passes, fees.