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.

Cows 141

Cows Cattle 2011 Birds 141

10,000 Birds

APRIL 13, 2015

We were able to take a thoroughly enjoyable boat ride on Lake Chamo, whose shores teem with birds, including such typical African species as African Fish Eagle, Goliath Heron the world’s largest, Yellow-billed Stork and the incomparable Hamerkop , a species in its own family.

Ethiopia 237

Ethiopia Sudan Leopards Game 237

4 The Love Of Animals

FEBRUARY 9, 2011

Choosing the best dog to welcome into your family is a daunting task – even for someone like Mark Zuckerberg. Komondorok have been bred as livestock guard dogs originating from Hungary, and when threatened they reveal sheer athletic muscularity and a deep, ferocious bark that is sure to scare anyone.

Dogs 100

Dogs Dog Training Hungary Livestock 100

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 11, 2019

And of course, there are Cattle Egrets ( Bubulcus ibis ) and several species of cowbirds that rarely stray too far from livestock. Grassland birds continue to lose habitat as small, family-run farms are replaced by large-scale, corporate agriculture interests, or are bought up and consigned to real estate development.

Vermont 118

Vermont Belgium Farming Europe 118

Animal Person

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

What about being torn from your family? If a person cares about what "livestock" experience on their way to becoming "meat," there is one easy, inexpensive action that person can take to make certain s/he is not a party to the various kinds and levels of suffering and injustice the animals experience. What about being raped?

Factory Farm 100

Factory Farm Factory Farming Animal Factory 100

Animal Ethics

JULY 21, 2010

The new law will cost American family farmers, and ultimately California consumers, hundreds of millions of dollars. Yet there is no scientific proof that the requirement will improve chicken well-being or food safety. 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

JANUARY 6, 2021

For the fifth year in a row, I was assigned the prolific and well-known Aripo Livestock Station at the foothills of Trinidad’s Northern Range. For birders who have visited T&T in the past, the livestock station has always been a staple site for several key species that would be fairly difficult elsewhere.

Trinidad 264

Trinidad Livestock Groups Eagles 264

Animal Person

AUGUST 3, 2009

David Scott (D-Ga), who is the chairman of the Livestock, Dairy and Poultry Subcommittee of the House Committee on Agriculture draws a line in the sand regarding the animals we use and how we use them. I don't think anyone is campaigning for "farm" animals to become pets, as many of us don't even think the family cat should be the family cat.

Emotional 100

Emotional Farm Animal Farmed Animals Agenda 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 7, 2023

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. A great-great nephew of Senator McLean, Greeley spent three years researching and writing this book. But this is not a hagiography.

Connecticut 147

Connecticut Washington Legislation Hunting 147