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Happy New Year?

10,000 Birds

While this allows for the delightful prospect of Thanksgivingakkah, with attendant turkey dreidels and whatnot, it does raise certain perennial questions of the nature of time itself, as applied to birding. There are also certain psychological advantages. It’s a good time.

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The Crossley ID Guide: Raptors – A Book Review

10,000 Birds

I’m not going to try to explain why people are fascinated by hawks; human-to-avian psychology is not my specialty. A quick comparison of how raptor species are depicted in Eastern Birds as compared to the photographic images in Raptors shows that each title has unique images. Thirty-four species of hawks are covered in the book.

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The One Animal Product You Should Feed Your Children

Animal Ethics

332-3) Those are all compelling reasons to not feed your children meat (beef, pork, chicken, turkey, etc.) Never mind that the bulk of the fat in Starbucks's beverages comes from the milk -- yes, milk ! -- of another species. Children stay in better calcium balance when their protein comes from plant-based sources. (pp.

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