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Sparrows Coming and Going

10,000 Birds

April, while not as exciting a migratory month as May is in the northeastern United States, is still a great time of year to see migrating birds. Others migrate in about now to set up their breeding territories while still others continue further north to breed.

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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. And there is no good reason to breed, confine and kill animals for food unless we believe that economic benefit justifies killing.