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Revenge Birding (Shanghai, early June 2022)

10,000 Birds

When there are no animals around to sit on, Cattle Egrets sometimes sit on trees, even though they frequently b h about the trees’ low speed and inability to stir up insects. When Cattle Egrets go to the local discotheque, they tend to overdo their makeup a bit. It is sometimes necessary to find food though.

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Moral Vegetarianism, Part 11 of 13

Animal Ethics

It is argued that beef cattle and hogs are protein factories in reserve. In order to produce one pound of beef, cattle eat approximately sixteen pounds of grain; and in order to produce six pounds of pork or ham, hogs eat approximately six pounds of grain. The proponent of the argument wants to stop replacing them when they die.

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Collaborative List – February 2019

10,000 Birds

Without including the new pin in the map, countries this month featured; USA, Australia, Serbia, Bahrain, India, Kuwait, New Zealand, UK, Ghana and of course, Costa Rica. Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. old angel factory area. Cattle Tyrant – Machetornis rixosa. All will be revealed in good time. 15 Jan 2019.

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Collaborative List – March 2019

10,000 Birds

9 countries were visited during March by your tireless beats ( 11 of them); India, UK, USA, Serbia, Costa Rica, Japan, Australia, Singapore and Malaysia. Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. old angel factory area. Cattle Tyrant – Machetornis rixosa. 978 species were tallied this month from 163 checklists.

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