10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Some birds are put next to each other to aid in the identification process, for example, falcons follow hawks. The book roughly follows American Ornithological Society taxonomic order; a version date or number isn’t given, but it’s probably the 2020 version, before the Big Reshuffle of New World Warblers.

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Los Angeles Birds District of Columbia Parrots 188

10,000 Birds

JUNE 1, 2021

There are sections, ranging in length from a paragraph to two pages, on taxonomy, bird names, habitat, ranges, migration, courtship and breeding, flight, bird intelligence, bird communication; identification; finding birds, life lists; optics and photography; ethics; bird feeding; and conservation. These are all informative and current.

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North America America Birds California Condor 278

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

Hashimoto’s prints and water color bird portraits differ in materials and style from Harper, but she shares with him a talent for portraying common birds in a lively, accessible, yet new way that belies the artistic processes employed to create the finished image. I’m one of those people who love to browse in art supplies stores.

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Birds Eggs Laws Woodpeckers 145

Animal Person

MAY 13, 2009

I do Transcendental Meditation and other kinds, as well, and recently I've been getting requests for good meditation resources that don't cost $2,500 for a mantra (like TM). And with everything our brains are processing and attempting to cope with, we need all the help we can get. Tags: Current Affairs Ethics.

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Emotional Vegan Ethics Suffering 100

Animal Ethics

SEPTEMBER 7, 2009

I suspect that many regular readers of Animal Ethics are already vegetarians. That's because those who read Animal Ethics with regularity know that there are many compelling reasons to adopt a vegetarian lifestyle. This precept is variably stated as follows: Avoid killing or harming any living being.

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Lacto-Ovo Vegetarian Vegan Veal 40

Animal Ethics

MARCH 14, 2007

Notice that the author is not opposed to the use of nonhuman animals as resources for human consumption. and their bodies dismembered and processed. Here is a New York Times op-ed column about pork production. She simply wants to minimize their suffering before they are killed (painlessly?)

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Factory Farm Factory Farming Factory Farming 40

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 24, 2022

It should cover all of the obvious topics, such as selecting binoculars, how to look at a bird, how to use a field guide, where to go birding, birding ethics, birding terminology, birding books, eBird, etc. Neither of these two suggestions would require a substantial investment of resources.

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Advocacy Science Wildlife Portland 204

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 4, 2020

Her children’s books–which include the charming Mama Build a Little Nest , other picture books, and chapter books–evince an easy familiarity with birds, their science and birding ethics. It’s an excellent resource for family and child-learning adventures. © 2019 Jennifer Ward, © 2019 Alexander Vidal.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 3, 2018

The result is a really good read, a suspenseful true-crime narrative that reads like a novel yet also probes real-life questions focused on the purpose of natural history museum collections and the ethics of closely gated “hobbyist” communities. And, well researched. Excellent, thorough Index.

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Collecting Iraq Ostriches Science 103

10,000 Birds

APRIL 15, 2015

This image (by Marius Coetzee) shows Adam Riley & David Hoddinott with a group in Nsuta Forest, a forest reserve that is in the process of being clear-felled and settled by subsistence farmers. The timber industry-led assault on this resource is building towards ecological catastrophe.

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Ghana Hunters Guinea Gambia 189

Animal Ethics

JUNE 4, 2009

It’s a matter of expending one’s resources in accordance with one’s values. It does not seem to be true in general that one is inconsistent if one uses a product that is produced by some process that one believes violates one’s moral principles. This sort of argument is common, by the way.

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