10,000 Birds

JUNE 17, 2013

This bird had just landed after doing its flight display in perfect light for me to get photographs but, of course, I butchered the opportunity. But I have always wanted to test my hypothesis that hummingbird poop tastes like Skittles. Yellow-breasted Chats are actually pretty easy to see in Carbon Canyon Regional Park.

California 141

California 2006 Butcher Breeding 141

10,000 Birds

MAY 12, 2022

Common Redpolls are a bit like people in keeping a somewhat greater distance between males (HBW): “Individual Distance – For captive birds tested at feeders, individual distance between feeding males about 10 cm; between male and female about 7 cm; between females about 4 cm” Pat Fish of The Jazz Butcher, who sadly passed away in (..)

Mongolia 186

Mongolia Hedgehogs Russia Morals 186

Animal Ethics

OCTOBER 6, 2009

While this tragedy will increase calls for sorely needed government regulation, the real answer lies in the hands of each one of us: buy your burger from a local butcher who processes his ground beef daily on the premises. There are many of these, survivors of the industrialization of our food supply, in most cities and towns across America.

New York Times 40

New York Times New York Hamburgers Meat Industry 40