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Birding Balangshan, Sichuan, China (part 1)

10,000 Birds

This makes these sections ideal for birding, with a much-reduced risk of being killed by a passing truck. (We Still, not a bird that merits flying 2000 km from your hometown. We had a scary moment when – on the main road – a truck passed us by so closely that the rearview mirror got completely smashed. A juvenile.

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The Lake of Beasts: Kerkini, Greece

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The Lesser White-fronted Goose is one of the most threatened waterfowl species of the Western Palearctic, with illegal killing being the most important threat globally. The water level was very low, exposing the large mudbar dotted with waterfowl in the distance. Stopping here and there to scope the mudbar…. Kerkini Factfile.

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W. V. Quine (1908-2000) on Altruism

Animal Ethics

As regards capricious killing, one hopes so; but what of vivisection, and of the eating of red meat? Is love to diminish inversely as the square of the distance? Is it to extend, in some degree, to the interests of individuals belonging to other species than [our] own? One thinks also of unborn generations.

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7 Tips for Creating a Dog-Friendly Yard

4 The Love Of Animals

Combat “Dog Spots” The nitrogen content of dog urine tends to kill affected areas of grass. Since 2000, Chris Long has been a store associate at a Home Depot in Illinois. You might be surprised at how attractive they are.

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Raptors of Mexico and Central America: A Book Review

10,000 Birds

The illustrations of bird behavior–a Laughing Falcon with a kill, Swainson’s, a Crested Caracara with its head thrown back–offer opportunities for a little individual style to shine through. Press, 2000), and over 140 journal and magazine articles and conference proceedings. John Schmitt, Oxford Univ.

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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Proposes 2015 Expansion of Hunting and Fishing Opportunities on National Wildlife Refuges

10,000 Birds

Due to Prime Hook’s strategic location on the Delaware Bay, the refuge has national conservation significance as a designated RAMSAR Wetland of International Significance Site (1999), American Bird Conservancy-Important Bird Area (2000), and a Western Hemisphere Shorebird Reserve Network site (1986). www.youtube.com/watch?v=sk_5pt9OTLA.

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A Tale of Three Magnificent Frigatebirds (Two I help, one tries to kill me)

10,000 Birds

Less than 2000 grams – more sail, it seems, than bird. Imagine, though, the chances of being killed in a helicopter by a frigatebird! For those of us in North America other than the Gulf coast, the only time we might see a Magnificent Frigatebird is after a storm. I’m glad we lived. I wish I had seen the bird.