10,000 Birds

MARCH 8, 2017

Birders are familiar with the National Wildlife Refuge System, which consists of more than 550 units distributed through all fifty states. National Wildlife Refuges (NWRs), which are managed by the U.S. The region has justifiably been referred to as the “Duck Factory of North America.” Ding” Darling NWR in Florida.

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Factory Ducks North Dakota Nebraska 117

Animal Ethics

FEBRUARY 3, 2009

From the perspective of the land ethic, the immoral aspect of the factory farm has to do far less with the suffering and killing of nonhuman animals than with the monstrous transformation of living things from an organic to a mechanical mode of being. That immoral something is the transmogrification of organic to mechanical processes. (

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Factory Farm Factory Farming Factory Farming 40

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

I haven’t even been to all of the best national wildlife refuges for birding. I particularly enjoy birding national wildlife refuges, so I try to include at least one on each trip. With a country so vast and ecologically diverse, I figure I have at least a few more decades of trips to do.

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San Francisco Portland United States Puerto Rico 100

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 4, 2020

A big thank you goes out to The Management and beats for their contributions and may you all have a happy and productive 2020. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge–East Pond. San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary. San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge–East Pond. San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary.

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2019 Chile Texas Sanctuary 166

10,000 Birds

JUNE 1, 2019

For those of you whose summer and winter are opposed to the northern version, we wish you a productive approach to the colder months. Montezuma NWR–Wildlife Drive. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Savannah NWR–Laurel Hill Wildlife Dr. 22 Feb 2019. Oatland Island Wildlife Center. Otham Fields. 28 May 2019.

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2019 Australia Ghana Woodpeckers 113

10,000 Birds

JULY 2, 2016

I am delighted to say that despite her initial reluctance to embrace eBird, Clare was the most productive beat this month, responsible for nearly all of the new stuff. old angel factory area. old angel factory area. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Bund Baretha Wildlife Sanctuary. Bund Baretha Wildlife Sanctuary.

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2016 Sanctuary Ghana Australia 100