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Vagrancy in Birds: A Book Review

10,000 Birds

There are many more factors than I imagined: compass errors, wind drift, overshooting, extreme weather and irruptions, natural dispersal, and human-driven vagrancy. The chapter on compass errors will probably be the most popular amongst birders who love to discuss reversal and mirror-image migration routes.

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More Clarity About Family Farms

Animal Person

In " Move to Limit 'Factor Farms' Gains Momentum " in today's New York Times , we learn that farmers in Ohio have agreed to phase out gestation crates within 15 years and veal crates by 2017. I won't get into whether I find that to be a victory. It's also a factory farm. After all, he's part of a family business.

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We are the sum of our actions, not our words

Sales and Marketing Management

Pepsi was rightly, roundly and instantly ridiculed for that 2017 commercial. With the pandemic outbreak], we went through a journey of compassion and empathy at a scale we’ve never seen. The reality is I haven’t felt us here before with this type of collective compassion. SMM: Does part of you say we’ve been here before?

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