10,000 Birds

JUNE 20, 2012

It is illegal for any person to take, possess, transport, sell, or purchase them or their parts, such as feathers, nests, or eggs, without a permit. In the meantime, if you are like me and you enjoy watching Cliff Swallows , here is a video I shot of a colony nesting under a bridge over Cow Creek in Shasta County.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 5, 2015

And scrambled eggs,” added Hilary Lewis. “I Don’t cowbirds milk cows?”) “We got a phone call once years ago about someone that had a pregnant bird in their yard – the homeowner knew it was pregnant because they saw the nipples …” wrote Eileen Hagerman. wrote Maryjane Angelo. It was kind of shocking but so sweet at the same time.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 16, 2012

Some might contest this, saying that Dr. Seuss’s Horton Hatches An Egg precedes Eastman’s book by twenty years. But since Horton is an elephant, and since the creature that hatches from the egg is an elephant-bird, I’m going to wait till 10,000 Birds does a Hybrid Bird Week before discussing this representative of the Seussiverse.

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Animal Ethics

SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

Such a vegetarian will, however, object to the drinking of milk, since the production of milk requires a painful separation between cow and calf. He will also object to the eating of eggs laid by hens which did not have scope for normal activity. (He He will not, however, object to the eating of fertile eggs as such.)

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Animal Person

OCTOBER 24, 2009

Or in the case of cheese made from the milk of cows. But it might kill someone else, as in the case of hot dogs, considering no creature gets out of the hot-dog making process alive. And I don't mean to be obnoxious when I say that.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 9, 2016

The biggest surprise are two Whiskered Terns, common lowland breeding birds that require ponds to lay their eggs on floating leaves of waterlilies. So, I looked for a local expert and saw a granny firmly holding a rope tied to a grazing cow, which probably has a habit of wandering away. Was he merely rude or do they not say that?

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Animal Ethics

SEPTEMBER 7, 2009

One cannot produce eggs or dairy products on a large scale without the wholesale exploitation of animals. Since the male offspring of dairy cows don't produce milk, they are sold to veal farms, where they are permanently confined in veal crates that prevent them from moving or turning around. I replaced cow's milk with soy milk.

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Animal Person

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

There will be no pies or cakes that were made with milk that was meant for calves, or eggs that represent dead male chicks , forced molting, debeaking and other mutilations and cruelties. There will be no greyhound corpse on our table, no turkey corpse and no pig corpse.

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Greyhounds Forced Molting Debeaking Vegan 100

Animal Person

JULY 26, 2009

And then I read THE CHINA STUDY and was shocked to learn how unhealthy the Standard American Diet is--even cow's milk, which I thought I should be having three servings of per day! Who ever heard of a cupcake without eggs and butter in it? And you know how concerned I am about water on Planet Earth.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 13, 2011

Speaking of pregnant snakes, do sea snakes lay their eggs ashore like sea turtles or do they keep them internally until the young are ready to hatch/ be born, like some sharks? These do lay eggs on land and are (reasonably) mobile once they hit the beach. It seems like there is great diversity in this continent. Thanks for visiting!

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Critter News

APRIL 1, 2009

He asked whether cows, chickens, sheep and some of the other animals that we eat are usually treated and killed in a humane manner. And if you ever drive around an egg farm, hog farm, slaughterhouse, feeding lot, etc., Andrew from Good Honest Dollar had an excellent question. It's a thoughtful question I wish more people would ask.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 7, 2011

This happened to me recently on a birding trip, with somewhat egg-on-the-face results. I was on a birding quest trip with my friend Geoff Heeter. We were driving up to northwestern Michigan from our homes in Ohio (me) and West ByGod Virginia (Geoff) in search of a bird species that would be a lifer for both of us: the Bohemian Waxwing.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 2011

With a hardiness that belies their delicate looks (but helps explain their phenomenal success), these pioneering pigeons are already sitting on eggs at at least one location in Montana. So right now I’m feeling pretty good about Eurasian Collared-doves. Thanks for visiting! RECENT POSTS More Habitat for Snowy Plover?

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Animal Ethics

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

I eat chicken, fish, and eggs. That depends on whether there are morally relevant differences between chickens and fish on the one hand and cows, pigs, and sheep on the other. (I I, for example, am a demi-vegetarian. I have had no other animal products (no beef, pork, lamb, or turkey, for example) since 1982. Am I a hypocrite?

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10,000 Birds

JULY 24, 2012

It seems that these people, who purport to claim to care so much about animals, are completely ignorant of the existence of any animal life beyond horses, cows, pigs, chickens and turkeys. What I don’t understand is why animal rights organizations almost completely ignore wildlife. For example, when the U.S.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 15, 2014

The local Bald Eagles are getting busy, I suspect there is an egg in the nest. These birds include a cave-dwelling bird that is so oily it can be used as a lamp and a bird that has claws on its wings and a stomach like a cow. All I see are their buts. But that’s not the most interesting thing I’ve seen recently.

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Birds Bald Eagle Zoos Philippines 176

10,000 Birds

MAY 24, 2018

Cows are considered sacred by majority of Hindus so cow meat is generally not consumed. This results in the cow’s corpse being left to be fed on by vultures. A dead cow that was treated with Diclofenac turned out to be poisonous to vultures. No one knew why they were dying.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

In the former, a female lays her fertilized egg in the nest of another species, in the hopes that her offspring will be raised by the unwitting hosts. In the latter, three or more adult individuals contribute to the raising of offspring.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 9, 2011

How do I know of their Gothic moods when they have hidden them so well in an egg-white shell of conformity? Palm Warblers in Central Park Answers to A Diabolical Quick Quiz Cow Birds About the Author Jochen Jochen Roeder was born in Germany and raised to be a birder. It is the claws that give them away, their black nail polish.

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2011 Birds Deer Europe 158

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 11, 2023

While waiting I got offered four dozen eggs (mostly broken), a cow (I’m sure of that), two marriage proposals (less sure) and I learned why every Ugandan can afford a Rolex (it’s a chapati roll with eggs). You are never alone in Africa – it is the one constant on an incredibly diverse continent.

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Animal Ethics

NOVEMBER 29, 2006

In recent years, the prevalence of disease-causing bacteria in meat, poultry, and eggs has risen sharply, which is why health authorities insist that these products be carefully handled and thoroughly cooked, if they are used at all. There is no need for infants to be raised on cow's milk formulas. But what about prior to two years?

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 19, 2011

As I watched, it slowly moved into a patch of dried vegetation and I noticed that it was settling over a single egg. Two or three eggs may be laid and either bird may incubate. Sondra Mar 22nd, 2011 at 6:29 pm AN excellent series and how COOL to see the egg–chicks will soon be in the picture! I am around to learn more.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 5, 2011

Boat-tailed Grackles count eggs and chicks as part of their diet and they were well represented here today. The grackles might well be found here anyway as they like the wet habitat in Florida, but as an extra enticement, visitors feed the alligators with hot dogs and there is always a little something left over for a cheeky omnivore.

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