10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Winter, of course, is our season for receiving many migratory species. Among the constant winter visitors to my garden are several Warblers: Wilson’s , Yellow-rumped (Audubon’s) , Orange-crowned , Nashville , and Black-throated Gray. Nashville Warbler. I haven’t seen them in a few weeks. Warbling Vireo.

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4 The Love Of Animals

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

Nashville, Tenn.; Walking has great benefits, including a lower risk for heart disease, reducing blood pressure, and it can help combat obesity in humans and pets! Obesity levels are rising in both humans and pets,” said Debra Fair, vice president of corporate affairs for Mars Petcare US.

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Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 11, 2008

Of course, the meat is more expensive since it takes lots of real estate to freely graze a herd, and it’s tougher than typical supermarket fare (Americans are used to a style of marbling that’s caused by grain diets and flabby cattle, whereas grass-fed cows are trim from their daily ambles). Human beings, like dogs, are omnivores.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

This includes current research (up to about 2016, but mostly earlier) on how climate change and human change are affecting the birds’ ecology and behavior. This is, of course, because research itself is specific, and developing generalizations from ornithological specificity is tough.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

But it is the height of migratory season here in central Mexico, and that made me also spend some time thinking about this issue of connectivity, and the artificial separations we humans attempt to create. I could, of course, go on quite a bit longer with this subject. How divided can we really be, when our world is so connected?

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