10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 1, 2015
The legislature named the goldfinch the state bird in 1935 , sharing the designation with Washington and Iowa. Unlike many other songbirds, these goldfinches subsist entirely on a vegetarian, seed-based diet. The cowbirds will try to lay their eggs in a goldfinch nest, but once hatched the young only survive a few days.
Critter News
APRIL 1, 2009
In my opinion, and I am a vegetarian, the second definition of humane is the MINIMAL that we should expect. And if you ever drive around an egg farm, hog farm, slaughterhouse, feeding lot, etc., In other words, the proverbial happy farm animal. The eventual kill is quick, clean, and painless. There are many gruesome pictures too.
10,000 Birds
MAY 3, 2012
Unlike birds, they do not vocalize; unlike butterflies, they are totally predatory, not a vegetarian amongst them. The specific geographic area covered is “east of the western boundaries of Ontario, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Arkansas, and Louisiana”; the eastern United States and Canada is known for its diversity of odonates.
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