10,000 Birds

MARCH 19, 2011

Faustus’ opening monologue by heart as it is such an impressive chain of thoughts for anyone immersed in studying natural sciences. Despite being mainly interested in botany, about which he published some of the most influencial scientific essays of his time, he was also very well acquainted with the animal kingdom. Thanks for visiting!

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2011 Deer New York Science 126

10,000 Birds

JUNE 22, 2011

I stuffed it in my pocket and decided to take it to Richard Oehlenschlager at the Science Museum of Minnesota. But those feathers didn’t match and the beak looked too small. There was also a mammal jawbone in the pellet too. He’s one of the managers of the specimen collection and loves a good dead bird mystery.

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Bats Dissection Owls Minnesota 200

Animal Ethics

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

Cows, domestic sheep, chickens and many others would not survive if they were not raised for human consumption, protected from malnutrition, disease and predators. 22, 2009 The writer is professor emeritus at the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics at California State University, Long Beach. Lawrence S. Lerner Woodside, Calif.,

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New York Times New York Vegan Vegetarian 40

10,000 Birds

MARCH 18, 2011

The thousands of hours of observations that have been added up over the years would not have been possible without the help of the many volunteers and assistants who have offered their time and energy in the cause of science and conservation. Volunteers are one of the most important aspects to the project. Thanks for visiting!

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Peru Parrots 2011 Research Center 254

Animal Ethics

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

2, 2009 The writer is dean of the College of Natural, Applied and Health Sciences at Kean University. Regardless of what we choose to eat, doing so will reduce our dietary carbon footprint by half because “about half of the food produced in the United States is thrown away.” Toney Union, N.J.,

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New York Times New York Meat San Antonio 40

10,000 Birds

MARCH 4, 2011

Mayr technically studied medical sciences, but he was a true and fanatic/fantastic birder and this was the reason for him choosing Greifswald over any other university – he wanted to go birding there. SIGH Well, I guess I should apologize for hijacking your post. Thanks for visiting! RECENT POSTS More Habitat for Snowy Plover?

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2011 Cyprus Deer Species 157

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

In the case of brood parasitism, made famous by the many species of Cuckoo as well as cow birds and some fiches, among others, one might expect the host birds to evolve anti-parasitism strategies. Science (New York, N.Y.), doi:10.1126/science.1240039. Or, helping-at-the-nest might be a good strategy to avoid parasitism.

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Breeders Breeding Birds Groups 196

Animal Person

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

When I saw " From Science, Plenty of Cows but Little Profit " this morning in the New York Times , I immediately thought of "Dog." See the entire slide show, Happy Cows: Behind the Myth, here.). Since January the program has culled about 230,000 cows nationwide." If not, here it is.

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Cows Stray Dog New York Times Culling 100

10,000 Birds

APRIL 15, 2014

There is a bit of science news. 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. I got it on “film” using my camera, but they were so far away you can only see them for a second, and you can only see a few hundred.

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Birds Bald Eagle Zoos Philippines 176

10,000 Birds

MARCH 20, 2011

My friend Vickie Henderson , who has some serious long-range vision, looked at the science behind Tennessee’s crane hunting proposal and found it badly wanting. Here’s the petition. She drew this petition up to ask the USFWS to reconsider the clause in its management plan that calls for hunting Eastern sandhill cranes. Thanks for visiting!

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2011 Hunting Kentucky Hunters 240

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2011

And that through the use of science based decisions (made by biologists who have trained and been schooled on that very thing (That is what gives them the “bestowing&# power you speak of. In addition to the fact that Sandhill Cranes are game birds by the fact that they are now and have traditionally been hunted for the table.))

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Animal Person

AUGUST 3, 2009

Finally, Scott writes that "we have the responsibility to set aside emotion as much as possible and make rational, science-based decisions on policy in an effort to balance the concerns of all involved.". All we do as vegans is take a reality--the reality of the sentience of cats, dogs, horses, chickens, sheep, cows, etc.

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