10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 15, 2024
Here in Mexico, I can almost always count on Black Vultures and Turkey Vultures to pad each outing’s list by two species. Occasionally I have been lucky enough to see Lesser Yellow-headed Vultures in tropical Mexico. Zone-tailed Hawks , however, are very fond of fresh meat. And how do they get this fresh meat?
Critter News
JUNE 6, 2012
This article reaffirms my belief that it's more humane to slaughter horses in the US than to ship them for slaughter to Canada or Mexico. I don't like it either way, but one is better than the other for sure.
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10,000 Birds
MARCH 2, 2018
I had to work my way past this to get involved in the story and reach the meat of the matter. But like many a tough nut to crack, the meat was worth it.
Critter News
DECEMBER 6, 2011
Of course, right now, they're just being shipped to Canada and Mexico anyway, where health and welfare standards are much, much lower. for human consumption after Congress quietly lifted a 5-year-old ban on funding horse meat inspections, and activists say slaughterhouses could be up and running in as little as a month.
10,000 Birds
MAY 21, 2011
Their slow wing beat keeps the breast meat from being as dark and strong flavored as many other migratory birds. On Dr. Gassett’s answering machine, which someone calling to protest the hunt is likely to encounter, is a similar message about the quality of crane meat. Well, fire up my grill.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 27, 2017
Still, I knew the winds of the hurricane could bring interesting bird species, so I ventured out Saturday morning, a day and a half before the meat of the storm made it up to northern Florida.
10,000 Birds
JULY 15, 2020
As I learned this week, locals cook the unripe fruit into meat dishes, and eat the ripe fruit raw… as do birds! It turned out to be Jacaratia mexicana , which the natives call Bonete (a reference to the four-cornered “bonnet” used by ecclesiastics), or Papaya de Monte (Mountain Papaya).
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