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A Post Chock-full of Bird News

10,000 Birds

A new report describes the state of North America’s boreal forests, and the importance they hold for birds, concluding that at least half of this natural resource should be kept off-limits from industrial development. Animal and bird rehabbers are awesome people, but even they suffer the occasional bad apple— in this case, really bad.

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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. This bird perenially winters on Lake Merritt, in the middle of Oakland, CA. What’s better than finding a Tufted Duck?

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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 I’m proud of the work we do every day to provide safe food.