10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Also, settings information is fully integrated into the later chapters. Photography & Ethics & Me. Read doesn’t just say ‘do this’ and ‘don’t do that,’ she describes both sides of ethical controversies (such as use of flash) and why it’s better to err on the side of caution.

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Birds Ethics 2019 Experience 190

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 1, 2023

I have all four of his field guides on my bookshelf; I enjoy their friendly, informative approach and identification aids (cheat sheets! 154, photo by Jacob Spendelow Earley is an experienced, adroit writer and easily incorporates important information, enthusiasm and a sense of fun into the text. comparison tables!) Boreal Owl, p.

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North America Birds Owls Canada 207

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 3, 2021

Signaling theory examines communication between individuals and groups, within and across species, focusing on whether signals–communications containing complex information–are honest or deceptive and how the exchange of these signals impacts the individuals involved and the larger group or groups to which they belong.

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North America Research Birds Groups 278

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Text alerts, if you’re lucky enough to know about them, are great (though most don’t allow for information beyond rare bird sightings). I’ve missed this information, especially when I travel to Los Angeles to visit my daughter and her family. ” birders tell me. Well, eBird is great.

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Los Angeles Birds District of Columbia Parrots 192

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 23, 2023

A kingfisher with a somewhat deficient work ethic, I guess. Other useful information in the Wikipedia article includes the factoid that it shows very rapid ingestion rates, taking on average 6 seconds for the prey to reach the stomach after capture (motto of this blog: We read Wikipedia for you so you do not have to).

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Birds Eagles Elephants Rhinoceros 213

10,000 Birds

JUNE 2, 2015

Third, observing and photographing breeding birds and their young have become acts of ethical confusion as birders, photographers, and organizational representatives debate the impact of our human presence on the nesting process. Information is often highly detailed. Yellow Warbler fledgling. But special. Egg biology, from Part I.

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Eggs Family 2006 New York 263

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 17, 2014

The text is simple, and with the provision of a glossary at the back (along with a useful code of eagle-watching ethics and a list of resources) this book is suitable for students as young as the middle grades but won’t offer much new information to more experienced birders.

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Bald Eagle Eagles Endangered Species Washington 224

Animal Person

SEPTEMBER 1, 2009

U PCOMING THEME: Animals For an upcoming issue, we're seeking new essays about the bonds--emotional, ethical, biological, physical, or otherwise--between humans and animals. Please send manuscript, accompanied by a cover letter with complete contact information, SASE and payment to: Creative Nonfiction. Attn: Animals.

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Animal Ethics Emotional 2009 100

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Unlike some of us who started birding in midlife, Rogers brings to her new passion an adventurous history of a life lived outdoors–rock climbing (serious rock climbing, not in a gym), kayaking, ballooning, environmental stewardship, time in Alaska and Antarctica–which she uses to inform her new birding experiences.

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Birds Sparrows Connecticut New York 263

10,000 Birds

MAY 7, 2019

Many essays, especially in the later sections, end with a question, hopefully getting us to think more about questions of ethics, conservation, and the puzzles posed by nature. There is also quite a bit of discipline in these essays; it’s a lot harder to write a very short, personal yet informative piece than to ramble on and on.

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Birds North America Breeding America 115

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 21, 2014

I will equally recommend a guide who finds the target bird and the one who does everything within birding ethics to find it and fails. There were not too many birds around, but during such bird-breaks, he was full of information of their cultural significance and traditional beliefs, till we find the next bird, that is.

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Birds Botswana Free Range Leopards 208

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 17, 2014

But the tenets of the North American Model were developed in the 19th century, when wildlife ethics and science were a mere glimmer of what we understand today. Effective conservation of wildlife relies upon a well-informed and involved public. A significant part of that transformation is recognizing the substantive blocks to change.

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Wildlife Coyotes Hunters Wolves 237

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 11, 2016

This is in direct conflict of the American Birding Association’s first Principal of Birding Ethics which is “ to avoid stressing birds or exposing them to danger, exercise restraint and caution during observation, photography, sound recording, or filming.” Respect the routine needs of animals.” Artistic composition.

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Ducks 2016 Hunters Wildlife 102

Animal Person

NOVEMBER 14, 2009

My inbox this month has informed me that November is Vegan Awareness Month! Who knew November was such a potentially-informative month? As a vegan, part of what I believe is that bringing animals onto this planet to use them as food or as pets isn't ethical. Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics.

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Vegan Adoptable Russia Greyhounds 100

Critter News

JUNE 5, 2009

Read The better informed you are, the greater the impact you can make, so read everything you can. A well-referenced book is probably your best source of reliable information. With it comes more information to access (see Action 12), more places to express your opinions, and more people to brainstorm with via e-mail or chat lines.

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Animal Research Animal Medical Research Research 100

Animal Person

JULY 4, 2009

And though The Omnivore's Dilemma definitely promotes the eating of animals if those animals were "farmed" a certain way (and locally), there's so much helpful information in it about the food supply, in general, that it's tough to tell people not to read it. Tags: Books Economics Ethics.

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Kazakhstan Horses Ethics Farming 100

Animal Person

MAY 7, 2009

I don't know if she has ever claimed to know about the dangerous carcinogen found in grilled chicken, but to hawk such a product after the information and experts she has presented to her audience is the height of hypocrisy. Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics. Oz not made the progress he appeared to be making with her?

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PETA Vegan Ethics Chickens 100

Animal Person

DECEMBER 3, 2009

One of the FDA’s priorities is to promote animal health and safety information. Toward that end, FDA is developing an animal health and safety widget to make it easier to receive and share animal health information. We will email you the webinar access information. It displays this content on any blog or Web page. 301-827-5323.

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Greyhounds Ethics Animal Tagged 100

Animal Person

DECEMBER 7, 2009

Some people cut back on animal products, some eliminate one at a time, some ditch it all upon watching Earthlings (and I'd love to know if they watched it in one sitting, but no one has volunteered that information) or reading Eating Animals. Oh, and here's a bit of information I needed this morning. You can probably guess why.

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Vegan Vegetarian Ethics Family 100

Animal Person

MARCH 24, 2010

I printed pages of information about petting zoos from the Internet, mostly about health risks but also about animal treatment. At the very least, I can keep informed about the activities that are being chosen and always send a letter or comment at the meeting from the vegan perspective. They should never play poker.

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Zoos Ponies Pets Vegan 100

Critter News

JUNE 16, 2010

The director informed me that not only spit is apt to fly in such a situation; and at his urging we retreated.

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Animal Medical Research Apes Research 100

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

The commentary is both fun and informative; Hashimoto is a graceful writer who effortlessly combines the personal with the instructive. ’ Since these boxed informational sections are not listed in the table of contents, this is the only way to find them apart from browsing. There are a few items I need to nitpick about.

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Birds Eggs Laws Woodpeckers 147

10,000 Birds

APRIL 12, 2011

Besides that, I teach environmental ethics courses for biology students at the university and currently I am working also on an exciting project of producing a simulation game called ecosim (primarily an education tool for students) in which the player has to fulfil conservation tasks in an interactive ecosystem (e.g.

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Badgers Ethics Africa Spain 145

Animal Person

JULY 24, 2009

Also, ask to speak with the chef (my information, even about most of the tofu not being vegan, came from the chef via the server, by the way). Books based on blogs have to have a significant amount of new information/posts/concepts in them. Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics Food and Drink. Let me know.

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Vegan Ethics Game Animal 100

Animal Ethics

NOVEMBER 13, 2008

Hi Keith, You may be interested in a new post on Ethics Soup regarding rights of farm animals. Ethics Soup is a fairly new blog and I'm looking for ways to drive traffic to the blog to gain some readers. If you find this post informative, would you consider providing a link to it? You can read the post here.

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Animal Ethics Farm Animal Farmed Animals Ethics 40

10,000 Birds

JUNE 21, 2019

It’s an ethical dilemma: Let the eagles alone, with the risk that they may die out in 20 years, or film them with as minimal disturbance as possible, with the hope that the visuals will have an impact on people and help extend their existence. The film often glosses over details in favor of the larger concept.

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Eagles Philippines Eggs Birds 203

10,000 Birds

MAY 3, 2016

Boxes: The boxes of identification tutorials and information nuggets have been carried over to the new volumes, many new and old topics rewritten–Identification of Gulls (East and West), Comparing Empidonax and Other Flycatchers (East), Hummingbird Displays (West), Woodpecker Drumming, are just a few of the topics.

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North America 2003 Birds America 158

Animal Person

FEBRUARY 14, 2010

Just Food" is a must read for information that will help convince environmentalists that eating land animals isn't good for the people or the planet. Tags: Activism Books Current Affairs Ethics James E. So much so, in fact, that he calls them "floating protein" and speak of "growing protein."

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Factory Farm Factory Farming Factory Farming 100

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 6, 2015

Here are the basic contents for each state guide: a flexibound cover, the ABA Mission Statement and Code of Ethics (I like that this is the first thing you see when you start perusing the books), Foreward by Jeffrey A. ” Both authors communicate an amazing amount of information, more than simple identification, in a paragraph.

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Colorado Florida Birds New Jersey 233

10,000 Birds

MAY 23, 2023

They may go on birding trips, join birding events, participate in birding competitions, and collaborate with other birders to gather information about rare or elusive species. Dunn and Jonathan Alderfer: This field guide is praised for its user-friendly layout, excellent illustrations, and informative text.

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United States North America Birds America 147

Animal Person

AUGUST 26, 2009

Tags: Activism Current Affairs Economics Ethics.

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Meat Responsible Policies Miami Meat Industry 100

Animal Person

MARCH 17, 2009

In addition to heaps of information at www.RPAforAll.org about RPA's 10,000 Years Is Enough campaign to get our universities out of the meat industry, there is now a current list of all 50 governors with address and their state's LGU. Let me know -- any time! -- if you'd like assistance or more information. Thanks and best wishes!

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Meat Industry Industry Meat Responsible Policies 100

Animal Person

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

Before you answer, here are some details to inform your decision: The first "knockout animals" were laboratory rats, whose anterior cingulate cortex have been damaged/blocked so that though they might still feel pain, they do not find it unpleasant. Tags: Current Affairs Ethics Language. That action is to opt out and go vegan.

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Factory Farm Factory Farming Animal Factory 100

Animal Person

APRIL 26, 2009

And finally, who is to decide when a video is entertaining versus informative? Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics Language animal rights animal snuff films free speech Supreme Court Vamsee Juluri veganism. What do you think?

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San Francisco Cruelty Vivisection Open Rescue 100

10,000 Birds

MAY 19, 2015

Like this: Apparently it is ethically questionable to create a genetically modified chicken and then hatch it, so approval for that research wasn’t even sought at this stage. See: Four Wings Good Two Wings Better? So how did beaks evolve? The chickens were done in before hatching.

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Alligators Chickens Research Birds 211

Animal Person

APRIL 17, 2009

But the reality that I have observed is that people cannot be trusted to do the right thing, particularly when the information they are being bombarded with is not accurate. Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics Gray Matters. And I think a perfect world might be more libertarian.

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New York City New York Industry Ethics 100

Animal Ethics

AUGUST 30, 2007

It was the first lecture series of its kind in german speaking world organized by the members of the Interdisziplinäre Arbeitsgemeinschaft Tierethik (literally “Interdisciplinary Study Group on Animal Ethics”) – an initiative of students. More information on the book can be found here.

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Germany Animal Ethics Switzerland Netherlands 40