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A Wonderfully Cooperative Cape May Warbler

10,000 Birds

I have long thought that the Cape May Warbler should have its common name changed to match its scientific name, Setophaga tigrina , because “ Tiger Warbler ” is a much cooler name. This bird, though peaceful looking, definitely was a tiger. Can you blame us?

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Butterfly on Flowers

10,000 Birds

That is what we did on a recent visit to the New York Botanic Gardens in the Bronx, a place where the exponential forces of natural world beauty often threaten to overwhelm the senses. Flowers, trees, and landscape all combine to force the forgetting that New York City is all around.

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People Who Want to Ban Circus Animals are Bozos?

Animal Person

In "Council Bozos Want to Ban Circus Animals in City" Ellis Henican ridicules the New York City Council for introducing a bill to ban the "display of wild or exotic animals for public entertainment or amusement." The elitist “animal-rights” zealots hate to admit this.