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Birding Inner Mongolia

10,000 Birds

Apparently , female Rough-legged Buzzards on average winter further north than males, which makes sense as they are on average larger and heavier, and thus should be somewhat better adapted to lower temperatures (see the Wikipedia entry on Bergmann’s Rule for more information). Notice how they never sit together on buses?

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Birding Shanghai in February 2022

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Pat Fish was the creative force behind a band called Jazz Butcher – he died in October last year. There are also several songs on Spotify with “ Little Egret” in the title, but at first listening, they all seem to suck. So, I need to find something else to say about this species. Maybe link to another music recommendation?

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Snowy Owl Ethics

10,000 Birds

It has changed the way we communicate and how we share and gather information. Butcher, A. Profile pages, photography groups, and regional birding groups are filled with Snowy Owl photos this time of year. Social media dominates so much of our lives, whether it be Facebook, Twitter, Instagram etc. References. Berlanga, H.,

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When Feeding Birds Runs Amuck

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Sometimes people find themselves the victims of ill-informed home owners associations that have a phobic view of wildlife. Since the order went into effect, Claire Butcher continued to feed the ducks in the park and was allegedly observed bringing entire shopping carts filled with food.

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Vultures, Human Evolution, Global Warming, and Windmills

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They could also give bones to a lion (lions are easy to come by), and they could simulate an early human ancestor butchering an animal with stone tools (we Africanists normally do this at parties). 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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Henry S. Salt (1851-1939) on the Ridicule of Vegetarians

Animal Ethics

The doctor looks wise, shakes his head, and informs a sorrowing circle that it is the direct result of "his vegetarianism."

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

Animal Person

Most informative for a discussion about vegan advocacy is the section about the animal rights movement (and unfortunately he alternately calls it “animal protection” and also refers to welfare, perhaps because of the Humane Research Council’s study that people prefer the word “protection”). What about their horror?

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