Critter News
AUGUST 15, 2010
A recent agreement between farmers and animal rights activists here is a rare compromise in the bitter and growing debate over large-scale, intensive methods of producing eggs and meat, and may well push farmers in other states to give ground, experts say.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 7, 2012
What do you say when someone tells you they will be spending the summer in the Lower Michigan Peninsula? Recently it has also been documented as breeding in Wisconsin, Ontario, and the Upper Michigan Peninsula, but those birds are few and not always accessible. Those of us who contemplate the trip need to know how to do it right.
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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. 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. Wicked, right? “Missed it!&# “Kinda.&#
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 9, 2014
How many eggs did a pigeon lay? He reasons out answers to both questions, finally stating that, despite what many eyewitnesses wrote, the birds had to have laid more than one egg and that the birds had to have nested more than once a breeding season. Avery offers some interesting insights into the biology of the Passenger Pigeon.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 9, 2014
is going to have to go to Michigan or Wisconsin. The most notorious effect is that their eggshells become so thin that a parent bird will crush it’s eggs while attempting to incubate them. It is correct, of course, to think of extinction this way during the Holocene Extinction, which we are living through right now.
10,000 Birds
JULY 21, 2011
To remedy this, I visited the Animal Diversity Web site at the University of Michigan. The largest bird, forming the short bar on the right of the bird histogram, is a swan. Here one is able to query a large, fairly complete, and reasonably accurate database of animal life. The following histogram shows the results.
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. [My emphasis] There are other reasons why families are looking more favorably at plant-based choices.
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