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Spring Migration on South Padre Island, Texas

10,000 Birds

Many may not make it to their breeding grounds due to the extreme stress of the situation, lack of resources, the weather itself, disorientation, and human-caused killers like windows and cars. One way that we can help birds is to advocate on their behalf and to support organizations that conserve habitat.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

This would result in improved human health, decreased environmental destruction and better animal welfare. At the yearly Meat Marketing conference this summer in Nashville, the industry representatives seemed most worried about negative press concerning animal welfare; the words “global warming” were never even uttered.

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Birds in Winter: A Book Review, Written in Winter

10,000 Birds

This includes current research (up to about 2016, but mostly earlier) on how climate change and human change are affecting the birds’ ecology and behavior. The book is organized logically by seasonality. Page 53, Illustration by Margaret La Farge, used by permission of Princeton University Press, [link].

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