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Birding Shanghai in February 2022

10,000 Birds

Anyway, the story is not quite how I remembered it, to be honest, but fitting enough to describe the almost claustrophobic birding experience in ever-shrinking Nanhui. Pat Fish was the creative force behind a band called Jazz Butcher – he died in October last year. So, I need to find something else to say about this species.

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On Wearable "Roadkill"

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However the designers also use discarded parts of animals killed by butchers, to "give new life to something that would normally be thrown away." And making it into some kind of spiritual experience is offensive. It's giving the animal purpose after life. We should all be so lucky.”. Meanwhile, it's death they're wearing--not life.

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Frog Crow

10,000 Birds

I can say in my experience this is the sort of thing that is more obvious in some birds than others. I’ll copy the whole thing here in case I butcher it: What we need do is study the wing formulae of the two birds. The bill is slightly slimmer, as well, and the legs are shorter. Still, it makes the numbers of “crow sp.&#

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Vultures, Human Evolution, Global Warming, and Windmills

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This allowed them to carry out experiments such as giving some bones to the hyenas to see what they would look like after being munched on for a while. This allowed the Blumenschine crew to carry out experiments that involved every possible series of events, using animals of different sizes.

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Hal Herzog's "Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat"

Animal Person

Over at Animal Rights and AntiOppression , we’ve been discussing tactics and sharing our thoughts and experiences about what works and doesn’t work when it comes to advocacy. Hal Herzog’s “ Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat ” (Harper 2011), though fascinating, is ultimately depressing for vegans and animal rights activists.

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Back in New York and Birding Part 2

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Carrie had been at Jones Beach pretty recently , but was happy to return, while I’m not sure that John had ever been, but he certainly seemed to enjoy the experience. At Point Lookout we enjoyed Horned Grebes in close (though I butchered my attempts to get good digiscoped shots) and more American Oystercatchers on a jetty.

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On "EATING ANIMALS" by Jonathan Safran Foer

Animal Person

Some have tried to resolve this gap by hunting or butchering an animal themselves, as if those experiences might somehow legitimize the endeavor of eating animals. But this plate also holds all of the animals that were killed for your serving of sushi. The plate might have to be five feet across" (50). This is very silly.