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A Post Chock-full of Bird News

10,000 Birds

To herald spring migration, interest readers in birds, and make birders feel a little less nerdy, the New York Times recently clustered a series of articles together as ā€œ Bird Week.ā€ The tree-trimmer at the heart of a disturbing Black-crowned Night Heron incident in Oakland, California turns out to be an ally for the birds.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

s rate of positives is well below industry averages (0.05 1 goal of industry, government and consumers. Jeremy Russell Director of Communications and Government Relations National Meat Association Oakland, Calif., I know the people of the beef industry, and Iā€™m proud of the work we do every day to provide safe food.

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Birding In Low Places

10,000 Birds

Not long after I discovered that place, I saw my very first rare bird…a Ruff , which was hanging out in a flood control channel in an industrial area. But know this: Roger Tory Peterson made his name in New York’s Central Park, among the bums, drug addicts, thieves and rapists.