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The Glitter in the Green: In Search of Hummingbirds–A Hummer Book Review

10,000 Birds

More dramatically memorable is Dunn’s experience in Bolivia, where he hoped to travel to Chalalan Lodge, an eco-lodge run by the local indigenous population, but ends up facing the 2019 election protests with blockades and a threat of violence at every road leaving the city. I had hoped for more.

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Birding Shanghai in April 2023

10,000 Birds

The third in the Nanhui collection of gloriously colored flycatchers is the Blue-and-white Flycatcher. Maybe they have decided to boycott species with Russian-sounding names as a way to protest against Putin’s policies. Ok, the word “glorious” does not quite apply to the female, I am afraid.

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Tom Regan on the Animal-Rights Movement

Animal Ethics

To overcome the collective entropy of these forces-against-change will not be easy. It is simply projustice, insisting only that the scope of justice be seen to include respect for the rights of animals. The animal rights movement is not for the faint of heart.