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Tribes and Birds of the Lower Omo Valley by Adam Riley

10,000 Birds

Early morning is of course birding prime time and a pre-breakfast stroll around our lodge produced sightings of the lovely Orange-bellied Parrot , which we tracked down to a nesting hole right next to the restaurant. Splashes of color were added by cryptic Bruce’s Green Pigeons and more raucous Abyssinian and Lilac-breasted rollers.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

Common sense tells us not to put the foxes in charge of the henhouse, but politicians repeatedly deny common sense in favor of the needs of special-interest groups. if they see a mistreated dog, and shudder to see a wounded deer in the road. Peters Paso Robles, Calif., What we do to animals shows how we feel about other species.