10,000 Birds

MAY 18, 2023

while herbivores are represented by Chital and Sambar (above) deer, Wild Boar , Nilgai antelope, etc. The commonest large mammals of the park are smallish, spotted forest deer – Chitals, and we often encounter small herds. A low branch is decorated by a Green Bee-eater and a tree top above it holds several Cattle Egrets.

India 147

India Lions Boars Mammals 147

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 8, 2013

while herbivores are represented by Chital (above) and Sambar deer, Wild Boar, Nilgai antelope, etc. The commonest large mammals of the park are smallish, spotted forest deer – Chitals, and we often encounter small herds. A low branch is decorated by a Green Bee-eater (above) and a tree top above it holds several Cattle Egrets.

Lions 244

Lions India Mammals Boars 244

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

Thus, the cattle we raise for meat and dairy are sometimes called Bos taurus while the extinct wild form is always called Bos primigenius. Some time after the Spanish encounter with the Turkey, birds were brought back to Europe where they were raised and became an important source of food and fancy feathers.

Turkey 221

Turkey Columbus Spain Fowl 221

Animal Ethics

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

But the method she advocates for reaching those goals—raising grass-eating, pasture-foraging farm animals—would appear to be notoriously difficult to reproduce on a scale large enough to harvest enough meat, at a reasonable cost, for all the people wanting to eat meat in this country, let alone the world. James Siegel Portland, Me.,

New York Times 40

New York Times New York Meat San Antonio 40

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 1, 2019

So, I was excited to read reports in late 2017 of a pair of Whooping Cranes being seen on a cattle farm. I easily spotted the Whooping Cranes in the cattle field. They were large and rather gawky, with a lot of ‘jewelry’ on their legs, oblivious to the cattle and to me. ” [[link]. It took me two trips to see this beauty!

2018 179

2018 New Jersey Michigan North Dakota 179