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Stairway to Heaven

10,000 Birds

The Yellow-green Vireo is another of those rare birds that winter in South America but only travels north as far as Mexico to breed. I hope that the next time it will vocalize for me; it apparently sounds something like a grunting pig. In spite of all these interesting species, there were two species that really made my day.

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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.