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From Today's Los Angeles Times

Animal Ethics

Further, did those who reacted so strongly to Harambe’s killing go home and serve meat to their children? Lisa Edmondson, Los Angeles Finally, what of the audience? The hysteria of the crowd surely played a part in escalating an already frightening situation. This horrible incident has raised some tough questions indeed.

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A Tale of Three Magnificent Frigatebirds (Two I help, one tries to kill me)

10,000 Birds

The species name is long enough to be the middle line of a formal English haiku. I happened to work at that facility, for International Bird Rescue at the Los Angeles Oiled Bird Care and Education Center , part of the Oiled Wildlife Care Network. Imagine, though, the chances of being killed in a helicopter by a frigatebird!

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Birding Under the Influence: A Book Review

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Although you know from the beginning that Dorian will end up with 618 species, there is suspense as he searches for skulkers like Black Rail, rarities like Rufous-back Robin, and his trip nemesis, Pacific Golden Plover. This is a smartly written book.

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ABA-Area Bird Number 500!

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I could go for the American Dipper that was reported in the foothills northeast of Los Angeles. I ruled this option out because I have had terrible luck with the species and because I wasn’t sure enough of the bird’s exact location. The hawk settled down to eat and the redstart skedaddled.

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Think Bush Is a Pro-Animal Environmentalist? Think Again!

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A federal judge in Los Angeles had issued a preliminary injunction earlier this month requiring the Navy to create a 12-nautical-mile, no-sonar zone along the California coast and to post trained lookouts to watch for marine mammals before and during exercises.

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Birding Tabin, Sabah, Borneo

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Sometimes I just want to hug eBird, or more specifically, whoever writes the short species descriptions (even though I am not the typical hugging kind of person, trust me on this). There are about 50 different species of flowerpeckers globally. If these are taken off, the species looks just like Clark Kent. “Dull, me?

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Collaborative List – April 2018

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Their 185 checklists contained 951 species during April! 301 N Virginia Dare Trl, Kill Devil Hills US-NC (36.0166,-75.6573). Vuelta Los Angeles. Vuelta Los Angeles. Vuelta Los Angeles. Vuelta Los Angeles. Expanding that for the year so far gives 795 / 1512. 01 Jan 2018.

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