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The Smell of Napalm in the Morning

10,000 Birds

The shallows are full of ducks in eclipse, a real puzzle that requires a bit of time and a sharp eye – something you usually reserve for warblers and such. Wigeons are only migrants and not a breeding species in Serbia and August is a bit too early for any longer distance duck movements. The autumn migration has clearly started.

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Britain’s Birds: An Identification Guide to the Birds of Britain and Ireland–A Book Review

10,000 Birds

One unusual feature of this guide is the back-of-the-book section on “British and Irish Lists, and status and legislation.” and population estimate above the map and the bird’s most likely habitats below the map. I don’t really understand why this 15-page section is included in a book already bursting at the seams.

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Administrative Procedure for Birders: Duck Stamp Rulemaking

10,000 Birds

Although legislation passed by Congress is more visible, most regulations are issued by the vast federal bureaucracy. For those interested in avian conservation, some knowledge of the bureaucratic process is useful, as it is used to implement many important conservation laws. The winning entry (above) featured a Wood Duck and a decoy.

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The True Costs of the Rhetoric of Terror Continue to Mount – Part 1

Animal Ethics

Bush signed the “ Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act ” into law this past Monday (November 27, 2006). The law protects animal enterprises from courses of conduct designed to disrupt their normal profitable functioning. The new law is chilling both in its scope and in its narrowness. On November 4, 2005, Rep.

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Auto-pilot Conservation in the Era of Trump

10,000 Birds

Other than a sweeping public lands package in 2019 , there has been little or no progress on the environment or wildlife protection. Among them are Federal Duck Stamps and related waterfowl conservation programs. Duck Stamps and import duty contributions were similar, at about $34-38 million each. Senators, and two U.S.

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