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A Birder’s Version of Oktoberfest

10,000 Birds

Autumn migration gets off to an inauspicious start in Miami-Dade with the appearance of a small selection of passerines at local migrant traps at mid-July. Like a tag team, cold fronts encourages migrants to take off behind them due to the favorable winds aloft while the tropical moisture slowly pushing up from the south creates a blockade.

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On the Land Grant University Meat Problem

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Our most insidious institution -- as my talk in Miami in 10 days (August 29th) will explain! If you know anyone in Miami and vicinity who might enjoy an eye-opening evening among eye-opening evenings, let me know and I'll e-mail or mail you a flier to give them -- or will send it straight to them if you give me the information.

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Guy Who Trained Flipper Protests Dolphin Slaughter

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O’Barry has been on a dolphin-protection crusade since the day in 1970 that Kathy, one of the dolphins that played Flipper, died in a steel tank at the Miami Seaquarium while he was holding her. Tags: oceans captivity dolphin Gretchen the animal hater. Well, that's not true, b&*@.

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Why Is the Federal Government Awarding Contracts to a Company That Was Involved in Smuggling Primates?

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Here is a synopsis from a Brown University web site about his case : Matthew Block, of Worldwide Primates, Miami, FL, was sentenced to 13 months in federal prison, three years of supervised probation, and a $30,000 fine at a 2-day sentence hearing on April 16, 1993. Tags: animal experimentation.

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Fur Free Fashion Show Winners Announced

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Winners First Place: Tammy Apostol, an independent designer in Miami, FL, for her “Green Organic Cotton Gown,” a strapless mermaid silhouette gown with a back train. Tags: born free fur fashion.

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I and the Bird: What is a Vulture?

10,000 Birds

Turkey Vulture Wing Tagging – Charlotte Wasylik, Prairie Birder. Turkey Vulture on Little Miami River – Kelly Riccetti, The Red and the Peanut. They deserve much more respect than they actually get. – ==– Turkey Vulture, Cathartes aura. The Value of a Vulture – Gail Morris, God Girl Gail.

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Veraguan Mango – Panama's ex-endemic

10,000 Birds

Like when Cleveland local Lebron James showed up in Miami and started playing basketball for the Heat. Tags: features , hummingbirds , panama , Worldwide Birding Adventures • Have you seen the cool 10,000 Birds t-shirts? The same can be said of endemic basketball players and their patriotic fans. Get yours today!

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