10,000 Birds

APRIL 13, 2015

Over a dozen distinctive ethnic groups exist here, many of whom live lives little touched by the modern world. The Turmi area is home to the Hamar tribe who numbering nearly 50,000 are one of the largest ethnic groups living in the Lower Omo Valley (with an approximate population of 200,000 tribal people). Hamar mother and child.

Ethiopia 249

Ethiopia Sudan Leopards Birds 249

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 19, 2012

Either that or having family friends in Germany. From Purple Herons to Little Grebes to Red Kites , the spot also yielded a small group of Eurasian Spoonbills for the area highlight. I was not lead astray. At the city castle I was able to watch, from a distance, a Hawfinch foraging on the ground.

Salamander 140

Salamander Germany Birds Blackbirds 140

Animal Ethics

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

As nutritionists have repeatedly pointed out, the government can no longer even produce a “food pyramid” that makes any sense for fear of irritating some agricultural special-interest group. If we cannot separate government from economic special-interest groups, then we will continue down the same path we are on.

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New York Times New York 2008 Factory Farm 40