10,000 Birds

MARCH 22, 2011

They’re all named for livestock. The naming of the hornbill family is a bit farther fetched. Wikimedia Commons Bucerotidae is etymologically opaque to most birders, I’d venture, but when Rafinesque described the family almost two centuries ago, he had kine on his mind. at Princeton University in 1990.

Cows 142

Cows Cattle 2011 Birds 142

Animal Ethics

JULY 21, 2010

The California law adds an arbitrary and unscientific requirement that chickens be prohibited from touching one another or the side of any enclosure. The new law will cost American family farmers, and ultimately California consumers, hundreds of millions of dollars. Gene Gregory President, United Egg Producers Alpharetta, Ga.,

New York Times 40

New York Times New York Factory Farm Factory Farming 40

10,000 Birds

MARCH 7, 2023

Treaties trump state laws. His goal, he says in the Preface, is to fulfill a childhood desire to learn more about a stern figure in a family photograph, a mysterious man with impressive but largely undocumented achievements. Congress and Senate who recognized the need to protect the birds. But this is not a hagiography.

Connecticut 147

Connecticut Washington Legislation Hunting 147