10,000 Birds

JUNE 24, 2020

I hope that the next time it will vocalize for me; it apparently sounds something like a grunting pig. But, when I checked eBird to make sure I had my facts straight, I found only one sighting listed this far from the coast, and it was by the legendary ornithologist Chester Lamb… in 1951! This one was a true lifer for me.

Mexico 235

Mexico Lamb Nicaragua Sparrows 235

Animal Ethics

APRIL 27, 2008

We encourage kids to gently pet baby lambs, cows, chickens and pigs, but we deny them this loving connection when we serve animals for dinner by surreptitiously calling them chops, hamburger, nuggets and bacon. There is no happy ending for even the most humanely raised animal.

New York Times 40

New York Times New York Meat Sheep 40

Animal Ethics

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

I have had no other animal products (no beef, pork, lamb, or turkey, for example) since 1982. That depends on whether there are morally relevant differences between chickens and fish on the one hand and cows, pigs, and sheep on the other. (I I, for example, am a demi-vegetarian. I eat chicken, fish, and eggs. Am I a hypocrite?

Vegetarian 40

Vegetarian Morals Chickens Lamb 40