10,000 Birds

MAY 13, 2022

For once, eBird gives a good description of the Asian Glossy Starling, calling it a “Fierce-looking, large songbird” As are humans, this species is fairly urbanized – it “sometimes enters urban areas to roost, e.g. in Singapore” (HBW). It does indeed look like a racket – not a tennis one but a hockey one.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 5, 2014

I enjoy falconry, it’s not merely a sport or hobby, it is a lifestyle. If you are a bad hunting partner and do not flush enough game, the raptor will fly off when released and not return. I think what bothered me most was that I knew how angry birders get about owls and that this would be bad PR for falconry.

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Animal Ethics

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

Niman’s suggestion that the findings do not apply to smaller farms, the United Nations and the University of Chicago reports demonstrate the inefficiency of beef “production” because a cow must be fed to convert grass or grain calories into protein before a human can consume even “humane” or grass-fed beef.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 9, 2013

This has devastating consequences for their development and, ultimately, the health and future of humanity as a whole. Our increasingly sedentary and indoor lifestyles have taken their toll on our kids with childhood obesity, ADD/ADHD diagnosis and childhood drug abuse at unprecedented levels.

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