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Signs of Spring Migration in Costa Rica

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The other day, several were at the salt pans of Punta Morales and most had a bit of russet or chestnut on their head, dressed to fly back to the shores of the Gulf and raise a brood or two. Not long after, they will be flying to breeding grounds in West Virginia, Quebec, and Vermont to become birds of summer.

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Zero Gravity Brewing Company: Bob White

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Unlike several other gamebird species commonly raised and released for hunting in North America, the Northern Bobwhite ( Collinus virginianus ) is, of course, a native of the continent, though its natural range lies mostly in the southeastern quarter of the continent, and south into Mexico and the Caribbean.

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From Today's New York Times

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Kristof wants animals to be raised for human consumption in the kind and generous manner of his boyhood farm, a way that certainly seems nicer to the animals than mean ol’ modern industrial-style farming. Susan Beal Brooklyn, July 31, 2008 To the Editor: Nicholas D.

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The One Animal Product You Should Feed Your Children

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There is no need for infants to be raised on cow's milk formulas. As this Newsweek article and this Washington Post article report, when Gillette boarded a flight from Burlington, Vermont to New York on Oct. When breast-feeding is not possible, commercial soy formulas are nutritionally adequate.

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