10,000 Birds

AUGUST 15, 2022

Bella, you owe me at least one beer on our next trip for mentioning your company here without any real need to do so). The Latin species name of the Kalij Pheasant is leucomelanos , meaning “white” (leukos) and “black” (melanos, both Greek words). To be safe, they just use both spellings on the species page.

Rhode Island 147

Rhode Island Research South Dakota North Dakota 147

10,000 Birds

JUNE 18, 2013

We see indirect but very compelling evidence of this when insurance companies, government agencies, and other big players act as though they considered climate change to be real. A few years ago, the Maryland DNR decided to elevate some of its structures by a couple of feet in order to get them out of the way of impending sea level rise.

Maryland 228

Maryland Birds Penguins Wildlife 228

10,000 Birds

JUNE 16, 2020

” Traditionally , FWS would not prosecute companies that consulted with FWS and implemented best practices (§ 3.10.1 Although there has been a split in the courts , “incidental take” has generally been considered within the scope of the MBTA, so harming or killing migratory birds has been illegal regardless of intent.

Industry 328

Industry Birds Laws Maryland 328

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Slightly larger than Wales and about the size of the US state of Maryland, this country’s lure is its 703 bird species and three dozen Albertine Rift endemics among them. Keith Barnes has birded Africa intensively for 30 years and has led tours on the continent for the last 15 years, after creating the company Tropical Birding.

Rwanda 213

Rwanda Primates Wildlife Gorillas 213

Animal Ethics

NOVEMBER 29, 2006

Consider Victoria's Secret, a company who makes much of its money by exposing women's breasts. The Newsweek article also reports that year before last, a Maryland woman breast-feeding in a Starbucks was asked to move to a restroom if she wanted to continue feeding her baby. How sick and twisted is that.

Animal 40

Animal Meat Cows District of Columbia 40