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Where Are You Birding This First Weekend of May 2020?

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Get out there and greet them… as far as we know, birds don’t spread or suffer from COVID-19! Corey has a head start on me down in NYC, so expect him to press the advantage by hitting coastal Queens. How about you? Where will you be this weekend and will you be birding?

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Galápagos: A Natural History, Second Edition–A Book Review

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The photographic quality ranges from very good to exceptional, and though the point of photographs in a book like this is to communicate information, I think the excellence of some of Loughlin’s photography suffers from the number of images packed into the book. Press, Nov. The updating of the text is very important.

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Good News for UK Birds (and Birders)

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This is a momentous day for a huge number of our best-loved and most charismatic seabirds, many of which have suffered population declines over recent decades,” said Natural England’s Chairman Andrew Sells in a press release. In all, more than 200,000 birds can breathe—and eat—a little easier now. ”

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Birding Shanghai in October 2023

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I just pressed the wrong button when working on the post on September 28 (feel free to insert your own joke about premature something here). The Yellow-bellied Tit suffers a bit less from such jokes. I am sure none of you wondered why my Shanghai post for September was already published on the 28th.

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R. G. Frey on Animal Suffering

Animal Ethics

My view, then, is not that which it has often been taken to be in discussion and which Singer, Regan, Clark, and others blast in their work; I am not suggesting that, because they lack language, animals can be factory farmed without suffering. Animals can suffer, which they could not unless they were conscious; so they are conscious.

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White-tailed Antelope Squirrels at Joshua Tree National Park

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Individuals will also press their chest against ground in the shade in order to cool off from the heat of the day. The tail, which is actually only white on the underside, is held over its back for use as a sunshade.

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Clemson Researcher Investigates Impacts of Cages on Laying Hens

Critter News

Crowded and filthy conditions mean suffering for hens. How much suffering can and should they endure without significantly affecting the human pocketbook. From the Clemson press release. One would think it would be elementary. But it's not just about the hens.it's about the money. Or corporate net income.

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