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Pat’s Year List, it’s 2016!

10,000 Birds

Cattle Egret – Bulbulcus ibis; House, 7-Jan. Piratic Flycatcher – Legatus leucophaius; San Antonio, 17-Jan. White-eyed Vireo – Vireo griseus; San Antonio, 17-Jan. Giant Cowbird – Molothrus oryzivorus; San Antonio, 17-Jan. Green Heron – Butorides virescens; Coris, 17-Jan.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

Yet the turkey she raises is a much smaller factor in advancing global warming than the cattle on her ranch because they produce meat much more efficiently. Birds need only a fraction of the food that cattle do to gain a pound of meat. Kellman San Antonio, Oct. Indeed, in Ms. They also help with pest control.