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Solid Air: Invisible Killer Saving Billions of Birds From Windows–A Book Review

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“Bird-friendly design” is becoming a common term in architectural and city planning circles and proponents can point to a successful initiative, the retrofitting of New York City’s Javits Center which reduced bird deaths by 90%. ’s Lights Out DC, to name a few. It’s not a bad idea.

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Birds of the West: An Artist’s Guide–A Book Review

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And, John Laws widely praised The Laws Guide to Drawing Birds (2012) is mysteriously missing. I understand that this is common in many media style sheets (looking at you, New York Times), but they should be capitalized in a bird book. Lederer (U of Chicago Press, Sept. There are a few items I need to nitpick about.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

Peggy Cunniff Executive Director National Anti-Vivisection Society Chicago, Aug. The creeps in question should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. 5, 2008 Note from KBJ: Well put! I have said this many times, but I'll say it again: I can't think of anything that harms animals as much as violence in their behalf.