10,000 Birds

JUNE 24, 2020

Blue-black Grassquits , for example, depend entirely on the brushy grassland shown above. But, when I checked eBird to make sure I had my facts straight, I found only one sighting listed this far from the coast, and it was by the legendary ornithologist Chester Lamb… in 1951!

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Mexico Lamb Nicaragua Sparrows 240

10,000 Birds

JUNE 19, 2019

Lamb, who surveyed the birds of western Mexico from 1932-1955, and whose lists have been posted on eBird in recent years. Now, this is perhaps my most extreme example of one-eyed birding… In May of 2018, I went up to Lake Cuitzeo to see what might be there after the migratory season had ended. (At Yes, those are Hudsonians !

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Mexico Birds 2013 Lamb 128

Animal Ethics

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

I, for example, am a demi-vegetarian. I have had no other animal products (no beef, pork, lamb, or turkey, for example) since 1982. First is the question of whether one is living up to one's ideals. I eat chicken, fish, and eggs. Am I a hypocrite?

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Vegetarian Morals Chickens Lamb 40

Critter News

APRIL 7, 2010

I think it's just another example of short-term vs. long-term thinking, to which all humans are victim. Mulesing, in which woolgrowers surgically remove parts of merino lambs' rears to prevent potentially fatal flystrike, has sparked demonstrations and litigation by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA).

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Mulesing Australia AWI Ethical Treatment 100

Animal Ethics

JANUARY 20, 2008

For example, Carl Cohen, who has argued at length that animals don’t have rights, admits: If animals feel pain (and certainly mammals do,), we humans surely ought cause no pain to them that cannot be justified.

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Vegetarian Meat Ethics Lacto-Ovo 40