10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

Just as the National Park Service marks 2016 as its centennial year and celebrates 100 years of stewardship for American public lands, many of our wild public places are being attacked by a small group of extremists as well as key members of the House of Representatives and the U.S. Are you kidding me?

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Animal Person

MARCH 10, 2010

I credit Will Potter as the catalyst for shifting my focus away from critiques of other activists and activist groups (particularly his post, " While the Government Continues Attacks on Activists, Animal Rights Groups Protest Each Other " back in 2008). I'm not saying that criticism of PETA, or any other group, isn't warranted.

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Animal Ethics

JULY 22, 2008

The Unalienable Rights of Chimps ,” by Adam Cohen (Editorial Observer, July 14): The Spanish Parliament’s decision to grant rights to apes is indeed groundbreaking, and will foster philosophical discussion about animal protection for some time.

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Animal Ethics

OCTOBER 13, 2008

Recent investigations by nonprofit groups in California, Ohio and Pennsylvania have revealed the atrocious living conditions of egg-laying hens, though their owners said they were humanely cared for. Consumer boycotts and protective laws are desperately needed.

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Animal Ethics

OCTOBER 17, 2008

And you do not acknowledge the individual care that pigs get in such systems and the protection from predators, diseases and the aggression that pigs often exhibit toward each other in group housing. Research indicates that sows do just fine in individual housing.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 1, 2011

Not only are the individual ducks hard to look at, but in groups, the feral populations create the same messes other masses of waterfowl do. Frankly, I find them gloriously grotesque, akin to New World vultures in their bare-faced beastliness. Part 1 Freeport Pelagic Trip: 9/16/07 Nashville in New York Collared!

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Animal Ethics

MARCH 17, 2008

Change will take place only when governments work with local and international animal welfare groups and concerned individuals to address the root of the problem through education and humane methods of population control, such as spaying and neutering.

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Critter News

JULY 8, 2011

Animal Welfare Groups Win Industry Backing for First-Ever Federal Regulation of Hen Welfare Groundswell of Public Support Results in Full Court Press for Nationwide Law Protecting Chickens to Replace State-by-State Initiatives WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. A press release I received from the Farm Sanctuary.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 2, 2011

Soon we were out of the protected harbour and into choppier waters, and here I have to say I suffered for about two hours from the dreaded affliction known as sea-sickness. Fairy Prions ( Pachyptila turtur ) And then there were the “true petrels&# , insofar as that group has any taxonomic meaning anymore. The proposal from U.S.

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Animal Ethics

OCTOBER 6, 2009

It also offers an equally harsh negative judgment of the federal authorities whose mandate is to protect the integrity of the public’s food supply chain but who have chosen to interpret this responsibility so lightly as to let such claims stand while ignoring repeated offenses by the industry. 4): Your article about E.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

The small group was a good counterpart to the large, convivial ABA Safari group of 98 birders. That’s a lot, and the organizers of the safari did an excellent job of creating an environment that offered small group birding during the day and a birders party every night. I am a birder, after all. There are elephants down there!”

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 21, 2011

Second of all, Lewis’s Woodpeckers are birds of the west and they rarely stray to New York State. Fortunately, Tom spotted it flying in and landing in a tree over the house and we all enjoyed scope views of a great bird, a lifer for most of us and Isaac’s 400th bird in New York State!

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 2011

YourBirdOasis.com Mar 11th, 2011 at 11:00 pm Motmots are totally cool group of birds! Fish & Wildlife Service expects sea levels to rise due to global warming, swamping beaches on which Snowy Plovers currently nest, it is good news that the number of beaches proposed for protection as Snowy Plover nesting habitat has doubled.

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Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 18, 2006

I expect that the industry groups would like to put my farmer friends out of business with the costs and hassles of tagging their animals, to eliminate competition. I hope everyone who prefers local and pasture-raised animals will speak up and protect the source of their food and health. Marjorie Smith Shoemakersville, Pa., 13, 2006

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 4, 2019

Fitting, since New York City and London were the centers of the millinery trade. side, the writings of New York City reformer Mary Van Kleeck. No other characters or group of characters are described so persistently with the use of their religious, ethnic, or racial names. This is good stuff. Botibol” (p.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 1, 2014

Meanwhile, forts were built to protect the island from invaders, war broke out between Spain and the United States, and the island became a U.S. The targeted age group is 6 to 11 years. Eggbert side notes that the most famous bird in New York City is not a falcon, it is a Red-tailed Hawk named Pale Male.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 16, 2012

President Obama has added 10 new refuges in his first term. Many of these refuges and associated Conservation Areas, which have the potential to protect more than 1 million acres of vital wildlife habitat, have been forged through creative partnerships with sportsmen, conservation groups and private landowners.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 17, 2011

And a very happy Masemas for anyone who observes my son Mason’s birthday (probably not as many as the last group!) Cats Are Still Public Enemy Number One, For Birds The New York Times and Tweety have it absolutely correct. Patrick’s Day to those of you who celebrate the day we can all be at least a little bit Irish.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 20, 2011

By collecting data and following individual birds it is possible to provide data to both governments and environmental groups to help protect the habitat both here and overseas into the future. Cats Are Still Public Enemy Number One, For Birds The New York Times and Tweety have it absolutely correct. Wicked, right?

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

birders have been able to visit Cuba as part of survey groups and cultural exchanges for years, but those trips have been few in number and not always easy to find. He leads the Wildlife Art Working Group of BirdsCaribbean , and contributes his art to conservation organizations for fundraising.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 18, 2011

Many of the fruits, seeds and flowers that make up a significant part of a macaw’s diet in this part of the Amazon basin have evolved with naturally occurring toxins designed for the plant’s self-protection. Cats Are Still Public Enemy Number One, For Birds The New York Times and Tweety have it absolutely correct. Wicked, right?

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 1, 2013

Try Bermuda Petrel, Pterodroma cahow , one of the group of seabirds called gadfly petrels. But, it’s a new story to me, one that reads like a fairy tale. It isn’t in your book of seabirds? (It It certainly isn’t in MS Word’s dictionary, because my draft is full of red underlining every time I type it.)

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 16, 2011

Fish & Wildlife Service expects sea levels to rise due to global warming, swamping beaches on which Snowy Plovers currently nest, it is good news that the number of beaches proposed for protection as Snowy Plover nesting habitat has doubled. RECENT POSTS More Habitat for Snowy Plover? The proposal from U.S. Wicked, right?

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 2011

In 1903, the distinguished Elliott Coues declared , “This is a definite and perfectly natural group, which will be immediately recognized by the foregoing characters, one of which, complete webbing of hallux, is not elsewhere observed among birds.&# He could not say the same today. almost everything about flamingos and grebes).

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 6, 2012

Or, Pygmy leaf-folding frogs, Afrixalus brachycnemis, from Tanzania, tiny climbing frogs who lay their eggs in leaves and then fold the leaves over them for protection, sealing the nest with secretions. But, within the frog group there is a tremendous range of diversity. And, they look like frogs.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 4, 2011

To recap however, grouping them by their slight variation in body size between 53 and 67cm in length (21 to 26in): The biggest two are Yellow-legged and Caspian gulls, distinguishable by the presence or absence of brightly-colored (yellow) legs. RECENT POSTS More Habitat for Snowy Plover? The proposal from U.S. Wicked, right?

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Animal Person

DECEMBER 17, 2009

In short order I would return to New York to pursue a doctorate in Applied Linguistics at New York University, where at least I would be able to obtain a fellowship and rack up only $40,000 of debt. A group of law school students walked far out of their way to avoid the sight.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 6, 2021

I was especially interested in “To Hide From God,” the chapter on songbird slaughter and protection in Cyprus. Has it really been 21 years (almost) from the publication of Jonathan Franzen’s New Yorker article, “ Emptying the Skies ,” six years since the documentary with the same name?

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

These complexities multiply when describing the winter (and pre-winter and post-winter) lives of more than one, in this case, any and all species that have been studied for their migratory, winter feeding and protective movements, or any related behavior.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2011

Nice. ((** all names have been changed to protect identities and have been substituted with (almost) randomly chosen substitutes suitable for a family of Alpine Accentors.)) Dale Forbes Mar 16th, 2011 at 7:48 am @Corey, Is there also a Daisy involved in this Group Marriage? Dawn, you are looking coy in you profile photo. Any reason?

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Animal Ethics

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

As nutritionists have repeatedly pointed out, the government can no longer even produce a “food pyramid” that makes any sense for fear of irritating some agricultural special-interest group. If we cannot separate government from economic special-interest groups, then we will continue down the same path we are on. 21, 2008

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 9, 2011

Most of the tourists, of which there are quite a few, opt to go on the tours provided by the Supporters, so by walking away quickly from the slowly coalescing groups we were able to lose the crowds quickly. Cats Are Still Public Enemy Number One, For Birds The New York Times and Tweety have it absolutely correct. Wicked, right?

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Animal Ethics

AUGUST 20, 2007

The rooster watches over the flock protectively and often participates in a hen’s egg-laying ritual, an extremely important and private part of her life. Free range” does not solve the problem of painful debeaking, enormously oversized flocks or the unnatural isolation of the birds from other sexes and age groups.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 20, 2011

In the only state in the Central Flyway that protects cranes from hunting. I have always supported our wildlife management organizations for the hard work they do and for their dedication to wildlife protection. Is the purpose finding new hunting opportunities? Is the purpose finding new hunting opportunities?

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2011

Of the Central Flyway states, Nebraska alone holds out in protecting the cranes, having proven by its longstanding Festival of the Cranes in Kearney that a crane is worth infinitely more alive and purring in the sky with its family than thudding, broken and bleeding, into a cornfield. Off to listen to some Rana sylvatica in the woods.

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Animal Ethics

NOVEMBER 29, 2006

Neal Barnard, Food for Life: How the New Four Food Groups Can Save Your Life , p. As this Newsweek article and this Washington Post article report, when Gillette boarded a flight from Burlington, Vermont to New York on Oct. The legislators in these 12 states ought to be ashamed.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 6, 2011

We relocated it to a native tree, so it was better camouflaged and protected. Currently she does full time voluntary work for the local Australasian Wader Study Group, which aims to understand and analyze the factors determining shorebird numbers in a rapidly changing world. Get yours today! Wicked, right? Hat-tip to Stella.

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