Animal Ethics

JANUARY 30, 2012

The legal rights of nonhuman animals might first be achieved in any of three ways. In 2002 the German Parliament amended Article 26 of the Basic Law to give nonhuman animals the right to be “respected as fellow creatures” and to be protected from “avoidable pain.” What is the common law? 7 in The State of the Animals II , ed.

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Rights For Animals Legislation Laws 40

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 5, 2014

Ian Davies lives in Manomet, Massachusetts, and is a recent graduate of the University of Massachusetts Amherst with a bachelor’s degree in Widlife Ecology and Conservation. Corey first met Ian five years ago when he showed Corey three lifers in the span of half-an-hour.

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Japan Massachusetts Birds Eagles 176

Animal Person

MAY 27, 2009

You may recall that Massachusetts voters let their opinions about dog racing be heard when they voted to ban racing in their state. But for me, the number of adopted dogs doesn't make up for the fact that we have no right to breed dogs to use them as gambling chips. Here are a couple recent bits of good news. Mooney Rhode Island.

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Greyhounds Rhode Island Massachusetts Adopt Dog 100

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Kricher is well-known in naturalist book circles as a scientist who can write about complex scientific topics in engaging smart prose touched with just the right amount of dry wit. He’s also Professor Emeritus of Biology at Wheaton College, Massachusetts.

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2006 Tortoises Sea Lions Sea Turtles 239

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 20, 2013

The trap had been set in the woods right next to my house. The states which have essentially banned leghold traps are Florida, Rhode Island, New Jersey, Arizona, Colorado, Massachusetts, California, and Washington. The name and town of the owner were engraved on a metal tag. I’d released birds there. I knew the wildlife.

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Wildlife Rehabilitation Rhode Island New Jersey Wildlife 222

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 15, 2014

The Barn Swallow at right was rescued by Rebecca Dmytryk of Wildlife Emergency Services in Moss Landing, California, and transferred to Native Songbird Care and Conservation in Sebastopol. Horse people love to hang flypaper, I’ve had many Barn Swallows come in stuck to them,” says Jodi Swensen, of Cape Ann Wildlife in Massachusetts. “I

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Wildlife Rehabilitation Mice Rodents Rescue 279

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

Listed as a Species of Special Concern in New York and as threatened or endangered in Connecticut, New Jersey, and Massachusetts, Poocetes gramineus is in trouble in the northeastern United States and, considering the decline shown in Ontario’s second breeding bird atlas, in eastern Canada as well.* What has caused the decline?

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Sparrows North Dakota United States Downers 165

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

Several members of the Audubon Society said the plan fails to answer questions about how cats will be managed and what rights neighbors will have if the cats become a nuisance. But it’s something in the right direction.”. First Amendment rights are in question here,” Moriarty said. First amendment rights? No,” he said.

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Feral Cats Feral Cats Minneapolis 202

4 The Love Of Animals

MARCH 3, 2010

She has a new book out (which I am reading right now) called One Good Dog. A feral kitten captured and neutered by a small non-profit, somewhat militant organization, was on display at our local Massachusetts Society Prevention of Cruelty Association branch, which often took these feral cats in the hope of finding homes for them.

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Pit Bulls Rescue Massachusetts Feral Cats 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 16, 2011

These Blasts From The Past There’s an Ivory Gull in Massachusetts… David Sibley on the Jones Beach Shrike Bicknell’s Thrush I’ve Just Been Informed From Pavement to Gravel About the Author Mike Mike is a leading authority in the field of standardized test preparation, but what he really aspires to be is a naturalist.

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2011 Deer New York Texas 140

10,000 Birds

MARCH 4, 2011

These Blasts From The Past In the Spirit of Thanksgiving Amazing Election Results IATB #64 Deadline Zebra Finches on Guitar Quincy, Massachusetts Man Deserves Kudos About the Author Corey Corey is a New Yorker who has lived most of his life upstate but has spent the last three years in Queens. Wicked, right? Hat-tip to Stella.

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Ethiopia 2011 Deer New York 145

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 14, 2011

It’s one thing to add some seed, suet and fruit to the grocery list right before a snow storm hits…but if you feel stressed because you have to make your own personal mix of seed for your birds six times a day or you have personally failed and perhaps sentences some birds to certain starvation in your yard?

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Bald Eagle Birds Deer Minnesota 237

10,000 Birds

MARCH 12, 2011

Quincy, Massachusetts Man Deserves Kudos About the Author Corey Corey is a New Yorker who has lived most of his life upstate but has spent the last three years in Queens. Wicked, right? These Blasts From The Past Iron Curtain Wasn’t All Bad Liben Lark Gets a Lifeline Do You Know What a Triumphgeshrei is? Hat-tip to Stella.

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Brazil Wildlife 2011 Deer 150

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Nick Lund pretty much says it all when he writes, “Maine left Massachusetts in 1820 to become its own state and took the best of New England with it” (p. American Birding Association Field Guide to Birds of Maine. we learn) that are home to coveted boreal species, breeding wood-warblers, and two species of Grouse.

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Los Angeles Birds District of Columbia Parrots 186

10,000 Birds

MAY 5, 2020

The story is that an HM editor was also president of Massachusetts Audubon. The Accounts present text on the left and images on the right. –but birders will get more comprehensive information in other field guides, particularly National Geographic and Stokes. The text pages have a lively look.

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North America America Hawaii Birds 199

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 6, 2016

In the Peterson field guide tradition, text and range maps are on the left and illustrations are on the right (though, unlike the tradition Peterson Field Guide to Birds of North America there are no arrows pointing to field marks). These are listed in a table, which also specifies slope and geographic region (but not country).

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El Salvador America Costa Rica Honduras 229

10,000 Birds

MAY 4, 2017

Walking through Neotropical rainforests is like walking through a wonderland of constant interactions amongst plants, birds, insects, reptiles, and mammals, which are in turn the consequences of hundreds of years of adaptation and evolution, and you can see it happening right in front of you.

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South America Ecuador Reptiles America 143

10,000 Birds

MARCH 10, 2011

During the SuperBowl of Birding in Massachusetts my team (and Corey’s), the Bloggerhead Kingbirds, searched more or less tirelessly for birds like Hermit Thrushes and Brown Thrashers and Eastern Bluebirds. Wicked, right? Cats Are Still Public Enemy Number One, For Birds The New York Times and Tweety have it absolutely correct.

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North Carolina 2011 St. Louis Baltimore 140

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 4, 2014

Each bird illustration consists of two parts–the image itself on the right-hand page full-page size with a wide white border, and the text on the left-hand page, a brief description of the bird in Harper’s distinctive voice. Charles Harper’s Birds & Word s is the signature book of this bird and nature artist’s career.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 29, 2013

This is like Sibley calling his bird guide “The Sibley guide to Birds of Massachusetts and North America” The latter sounds silly, right? So what is one to think of the former?

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Europe Mammals Animal Birds 165

Animal Ethics

AUGUST 2, 2008

Kristof’s thoughtful exploration of animal rights, I was astonished to read that he continues to eat animals, like geese and pigs, for which he obviously has such affection and respect. I grew up on a dairy and hog farm in central Massachusetts. Government animal rights regulations may help.

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New York Times New York Factory Farm Factory Farming 40

10,000 Birds

JULY 12, 2019

Po Tweet is a sour pale ale brewed year-round with local hops from Four Star Farms, just over the border in Northfield, Massachusetts. This week’s beer is the second we’ve seen from the Hermit Thrush Brewery of Brattleboro, Vermont, a state with its own share of boreal habitat for nesting Hermit Thrushes. And what do the birds say?

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Detroit New York New York City Vermont 135

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 1, 2012

Bird bloggers from Wisconsin to Massachusetts. That means there were a lot more nuthatches around this spring to breed and that means that there are lots and lots more nuthatches to irrupt across the United States right now. But just how much have Red-breasted Nuthatches shown up since their irruption started in August?

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United States Owls Atlanta New York 261

10,000 Birds

MAY 3, 2012

Species accounts are sequential, one running right after the other. Book nitpicks: I hope that subsequent editions will include John Abbott’s excellent Damselflies of Texas: A Field Guide , published in 2011, and the most recent edition of Blair Nikula’s A Field Guide to the Dragonflies and Damselflies of Massachusetts , 2007.)

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United States Costa Rica Massachusetts North America 225

4 The Love Of Animals

JULY 12, 2009

By Rachel Bickford, North Weymouth, Massachusetts. I’m the pastor of Pilgrim Congregational Church in North Weymouth, Massachusetts, and my parishioners are my second family. But with Chewy, I fit right in.”. Check out this article from Guideposts (shared with permission), about taking your furry friend to church with you!

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Massachusetts Dogs Vet Sanctuary 100

Animal Ethics

NOVEMBER 29, 2006

According to the Newsweek article "Breast on a Plane" just linked-to above, last year Victoria’s Secret would not allow women to breastfeed in their stores in Wisconsin and Massachusetts. One effective way of doing that is to boycott businesses that interfere with a woman's right to breastfeed her child. Breast-feeding does just that.

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Animal Meat Cows District of Columbia 40

10,000 Birds

MARCH 4, 2014

What year was the Red-footed Falcon seen in Massachusetts? Howell, Ian Lewington, and Will Russell, right in front of me. The Comments sections are analyses of the species’ vagrancy pattern, the answer to pull out when someone asks you, “But, why is there a Fieldfare in Massachusetts?”

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North America America Birds United States 247

10,000 Birds

JUNE 21, 2018

My mind now wanders off to one of those, to Rwanda – one of the smallest African countries, about the size of Massachusetts or Slovenia (for those familiar with Neotropical birding, it is half the size of Costa Rica), but with 701 bird species. Mongabay.com has done exactly that. And now you finally know where to travel next.

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Rwanda Equatorial Guinea El Salvador Costa Rica 205

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 26, 2013

Christmas Bird Count season is right around the corner, and if you’re anything like me you’re pretty excited about it. The Superbowl of Birding in Massachusetts, while not a CBC, put our winter apparel to the test. So don’t hold back!

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North Carolina Massachusetts 2008 Suffering 168