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Only for Dogs and Birders – Kalamas Delta, Greece

10,000 Birds

I am checking the grass for any flash of white and soon my suspicion is confirmed: Cattle Egrets (cover photo)! I reach for my camera, only to realise that the batteries were flat. But, passing numerous Red-backed Shrikes , Western Yellow Wagtails and a herd of sheep among tussocks of long grasses, I remember those egrets.

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Collaborative List – October 2019

10,000 Birds

Fort Tilden–Battery Harris Platform. Fort Tilden–Battery Harris Platform. Fort Tilden–Battery Harris Platform. Fort Tilden–Battery Harris Platform. Fort Tilden–Battery Harris Platform. Fort Tilden–Battery Harris Platform. Fort Tilden–Battery Harris Platform.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

The same goes for pigs and cattle that are exploited and forced to live in substandard conditions. Chickens deserve to live humanely. That’s the least farmers can do. People seem to lose sight of the fact that these are sentient animals, not food machines! Congratulations to California for being so compassionate and leading the way.

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J. J. C. Smart on the Moral Elite

Animal Ethics

This last implies of course an improvement in ethics, as opposed to morality, as I have defined it, unless we already understand 'Do as you would be done by' as applicable to whales, cattle, chickens, and so on, as it is to human beings. I eat eggs though they may come from battery hens. I am myself not so heroic.

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Animal Advocates' Successes Have Factory Farmers Running Scared

Animal Ethics

According to the HPMAJ column, "Loos told cattle producers the livestock industry must show the public that there are moral and ethical justifications for taking the life of an animal to feed a person. One outspoken proponent of factory farming cited in the HPMAJ column is "Trent Loos, a rancher, journalist and vocal livestock supporter."

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Combined Beats’ List – September

10,000 Birds

Battery Pt. Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. Cattle Tyrant – Machetornis rixosa. US-NC-Creswell-808 Spruill Town Rd W – 35.8355x-76.4209. 05 Jan 2016. Red-throated Loon – Gavia stellata. Rockaway Beach–Edgemere (Beach 32nd-56th St.). 06 Jan 2016. Pacific Loon – Gavia pacifica. and Lighthouse.

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Combined Beats’ List – August

10,000 Birds

Battery Pt. Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. Cattle Tyrant – Machetornis rixosa. US-NC-Creswell-808 Spruill Town Rd W – 35.8355x-76.4209. 05 Jan 2016. Red-throated Loon – Gavia stellata. Rockaway Beach–Edgemere (Beach 32nd-56th St.). 06 Jan 2016. Pacific Loon – Gavia pacifica. and Lighthouse.

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