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Potpourri of Amazing Bird Science

10,000 Birds

So, here we go… Fighting in Iraq has been affecting starlings. But in Iraq, and more exactly, Kurdistan and Iraqi Kurdistan, they are supposed to be there (and are regularly hunted and eaten) and the fighting is not supposed to be there. In the US, of course, we have meteorologists for that.

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Welcome Home Mama & Boris: How a Sister’s Love Saved a Fallen Soldiers Beloved Dogs

4 The Love Of Animals

Pets In Iraq – Excerpt from Mama & Boris. So when Peter calls and excitedly tells us stories about a small pack of five dogs that has started coming around the base—a mother and her four pups—I laugh and think, of course he has pets in Iraq. What a lovely story, with such a great message.

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On Jeff Corwin's 100 HEARTBEATS

Animal Person

And of course that premise is only possible because the animals (and everything else on the planet) are our "resources." Consider this: Every month, it takes $12 billion to fund America's involvement in the Iraq War. But again, he's a conservationist, so none of this is a surprise.

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Thomas E. Hill Jr on the Basis of Human Dignity

Animal Ethics

He believed, of course, that one ought always to do one's duty and also that only acts motivated by respect for moral law have moral worth. President Bush's invasion of Iraq could have been right (i.e., I conclude with two brief comments. Only acts in category 1 are morally worthy. All of God's acts are worthy as well as right.)

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Birding the Great German Poo Trail

10,000 Birds

This, above, and of course Clare M’s fine original post about her poo ponds (not her private ones, the ones of Broome in Australia) are the reason we are talking poop this week. Of course ponds aren’t only about herons and egrets, they are about sexy redheads , too. Do you all help out the birds when you go to the toilet?

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Birding Shanghai in February 2023

10,000 Birds

Not a cover species The Black Kite is not actually black, but of course, misleading bird names are not exactly rare. Of course, he is talking about an American species, the Evening Grosbeak, but I assume the etymology is the same. ’ “ This has absolutely nothing to do with the Pale Thrush , of course.

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