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What’s in a Name: Wilson’s Warbler

10,000 Birds

Speaking of stunning, one of my best bird memories will always be the moment when I spotted a bright male Blackburnian Warbler glowing in the trees above a small pond on my parents’ farm, and another is my first childhood American Redstart flitting out to hawk insects above a stream.

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The European Christmas Bird Count

10,000 Birds

Two hundred yards further, the first Common Goldeneye and Smew started to appear and, while counting Smew and geese, a Great Bittern took flight from one stand of reeds to another, right in front of us. And this one chose to fly right in front of us. The first idea was, it is probably wounded by poachers. we will kill it!”,

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Sea Snakes of Northern Australia

10,000 Birds

Olive Sea Snake that has had a dog visit it on the beach Olive Sea Snake with obvious bulge Stoke’s Sea Snake Stoke’s Sea Snake with wounds Dubois’ Sea Snake Dubois’ Sea Snake being returned to the sea! Wicked, right? I hope you enjoy these photos! Jochen Mar 15th, 2011 at 5:25 am @Clare. Hat-tip to Stella.

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Transit in Dubai

10,000 Birds

Security is taken very seriously in the aviation business and discretion is better than having to explain yourself to tightly wound security personnel. Pay AED10 to get through the control gate and turn right shortly after. Keep right onto the Oud Metha Road to find the Flamingo Hide at Google Earth ref; 25 11 34.21N 55 18 44.44E.

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On Trial: Animal Torture Videos vs. Free Speech

Animal Ethics

The statute defines a depiction of animal cruelty as “any visual or auditory depiction, including any photograph, motion-picture film, video recording, electronic image, or sound recording of conduct in which a living animal is intentionally maimed, mutilated, tortured, wounded, or killed, if such conduct is illegal.” In July, a divided U.S.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

And it is not just at the slaughterhouses but at the factory farms where these animals are tortured from the very beginning of their lives to the horrible end. if they see a mistreated dog, and shudder to see a wounded deer in the road. Peters Paso Robles, Calif., Indeed, we have not come far from Upton Sinclair’s “ Jungle.”