10,000 Birds

AUGUST 21, 2014

I will equally recommend a guide who finds the target bird and the one who does everything within birding ethics to find it and fails. If you cannot share the bird with your guest, try not to share the experience because it makes everything they have seen a little league birding, compared to your mega tick. But that is the fun of it.”.

Botswana

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 11, 2022

The ABA’s education programs promote birding skills, ornithological knowledge, and the development of a conservation ethic. The next executive director should have experience successfully managing a non-profit organization and creating and implementing budgets.

2019

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Photography & Ethics & Me. Read doesn’t just say ‘do this’ and ‘don’t do that,’ she describes both sides of ethical controversies (such as use of flash) and why it’s better to err on the side of caution. ” (p. The last two chapters point us to the future.

Birds

10,000 Birds

JULY 19, 2013

This is a pretty good model of the modern environmental ethic of self-restraint and respectful watching. That said, the book contains little that is likely to impress the seasoned birder.

Stray Cat

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Unlike some of us who started birding in midlife, Rogers brings to her new passion an adventurous history of a life lived outdoors–rock climbing (serious rock climbing, not in a gym), kayaking, ballooning, environmental stewardship, time in Alaska and Antarctica–which she uses to inform her new birding experiences.

Connecticut

10,000 Birds

APRIL 19, 2013

Nathan’s love-hate relationship with the culture and landscape of his native state is one that many heartlanders can, I imagine, relate to — it certainly rang mostly true to my experiences of Western New York, not to mention a brief, terrible jaunt to Bloomington in my youth.

Turtles

10,000 Birds

MARCH 18, 2020

We remained inside our vehicle as ethical observation always is our first priority. These irruptive visitors to T&T always are a pleasure to experience. The female Short-tailed Hawk at the nest stood calmly and quietly, casting occasional glances here and there. Suddenly, she began to vocalize in every direction.

Trinidad

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 20, 2011

Good thing the ABA Code of Ethics doesn’t apply overseas! But Patrick would NEVER so much as tweak a feather of a bird even to enhance a birding experience (right, Pat?) Amazing, no? Obviously, I’m joking. While he did take this fetching female sabrewing in hand, the act was one of mercy.

Costa Rica

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 21, 2011

Someone of your birding experience may already recognize the problems posed by such little diversity among American birders which include: So many people are missing out on the fun and benefits of birding.

Philadelphia

10,000 Birds

MAY 21, 2014

and provides diverse nature experiences for visitors from around the world. A new stamp that establishes an unambiguous revenue stream for our National Wildlife Refuges while resonating with the values and ethics of the non-hunting community. The National Wildlife Refuge system is one of America’s greatest treasures.

Ducks

10,000 Birds

APRIL 23, 2014

It was the perfect experience, the guide had astonishing eyes and found things we would have passed over if we had been alone. It’s hard to know how to predict how a spotlighting experience is going to go. Perhaps, if you’ve had some particularly good, or bad, experiences, you could share them in the comments.

Badgers

Animal Person

SEPTEMBER 1, 2009

U PCOMING THEME: Animals For an upcoming issue, we're seeking new essays about the bonds--emotional, ethical, biological, physical, or otherwise--between humans and animals. Tags: Ethics Language. In my inbox yesterday evening was the following from the Associate Editor of Creative Nonfiction . Attn: Animals.

Animal

Animal Person

AUGUST 16, 2011

Over at Animal Rights and AntiOppression , we’ve been discussing tactics and sharing our thoughts and experiences about what works and doesn’t work when it comes to advocacy. Hal Herzog’s “ Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat ” (Harper 2011), though fascinating, is ultimately depressing for vegans and animal rights activists.

Vegan

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 7, 2019

Nevertheless, techniques, recommendations, and ethical behavior are often suggested, these are some ideas on how to watch birds at the Colibri Cafe: Claim a seat out back, in the outdoor part of the cafe. Watch birds however you please… but seriously, you gotta experience the Cafe Colibri! I hope to see you there.

Costa Rica

10,000 Birds

MAY 19, 2015

Like this: Apparently it is ethically questionable to create a genetically modified chicken and then hatch it, so approval for that research wasn’t even sought at this stage. Skeletal phenotypes from both types of experiments had premaxillae that clustered geometrically with ancestral fossil forms instead of beaked birds.

Alligators

10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2011

The reasonable rates really do not adequately reflect both the level of comfort and the personalized service ethic. Anderson River Park Never Disappoints Barbados The Other Antigua About the Author James A life-long birder and native of South Africa, James Currie has many years experience in the birding and wildlife tourism arenas.

Portugal

Animal Person

APRIL 14, 2009

He speaks of the "mixed message of the animal rights community" that animals are so much like us, yet not enough like us to experiment on. Then he and the interviewer describe some of the experiments. And it's a very dispassionate discussion, but that's what makes it sickening. Guess what the answer is? No surprise there.

Animal Liberation Front

Critter News

JUNE 16, 2010

The natural experiment must have been tried very infrequently, at least recently. For all we know, occasional viable crosses between humans and chimpanzees are possible.* If such off-spring are ever produced, what will their legal status be?

Animal

10,000 Birds

APRIL 12, 2011

We started out as a team with enthusiasm and knowledge, but little experience in book-making. I submerge myself into its characteristics and into its ‘feel’, before I start working on the guide – and for the time that I am working on an area, that area is my favourite. As for the books, that is a different matter.

Badgers

10,000 Birds

JULY 17, 2017

In her winning essay, Carrie applied her knowledge of birds and personal experiences as a birdwatcher to ‘illustrate a land-use ethic for the way we live now.’ This year’s focus was current or recently completed work from a long-term writing project. ’ Follow the link for some excerpts from the winning essay.

2017

Animal Person

JULY 15, 2009

In my experience, knowing your audience and tailoring your approach (but not the substance of your message), is what converts people to veganism. Tags: Activism Ethics Language. Moving people along is more art than science, and for some people it's far more emotion-based than logic-based. when they're ready. What are your thoughts?

Vegan

Animal Person

MAY 28, 2009

But they're already on a path of compassion and caring about those other than themselves, so in my experience they're the perfect people to gently nudge in the direction of concern for sentient nonhumans. Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics animal rights Animal welfare Nutrition The Goode Family Veganism Vegetarianism. macworld.com).

Family

Animal Person

JUNE 16, 2010

Every person who claims that there is some kind of divine mandate that makes us inherently not only superior to nonhuman animals but permitted to do with them as they please, should experience Creature Quotes. Tags: Activism Books Ethics Language Amy Gutman animal rights J.M. I'm reminded of Amy Gutman's Introduction to J.M.

Advocacy

Animal Person

DECEMBER 4, 2009

Boone's wife) was largely responsible for Oklahoma State University canceling its planned anthrax experiments on baboons after she threatened to cancel the Pickens' $5 million donation to the university's vet school. Tags: Activism Current Affairs Economics Ethics. Madeleine Pickens (yes, that Pickens--T. Okay, now take your best shot.

Oklahoma

Animal Person

MAY 13, 2009

I sometimes experience despair thinking about all of the suffering. Tags: Current Affairs Ethics. We vegans have a lot of feelings associated with why we do what we do and I, for one, find it necessary to do a lot of work around my emotions. I sometimes get very angry that so few people seem to care.

Emotional

Critter News

OCTOBER 8, 2009

Animal research is too lucrative for the university/government/pharma complex to risk macaques on YouTube and the public judging the asinine and repetitive experiments many researchers know they live on. There's a reason for the security that keeps Beagle burn videos from surfacing like egg farm videos. At a tax payer cost of $472,370?

Animal Research

Animal Person

APRIL 24, 2009

In my experience there are at least a handful of issues that involve compromise when the idea of veganism collides with real life. Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics Gray Matters. Yes, sterilizing someone--anyone--without their consent is an act of dominance. Hence, it's a Gray Matter.) And this is one of them.

Project Treadstone

Critter News

JULY 12, 2009

In 2007, the National Academy of Sciences published a report calling on the Environmental Protection Agency to make a fundamental shift in its toxicity testing strategies away from testing on mammals and focusing increasingly on new, more accurate—not to mention, more ethical—in vitro toxicity testing.

Puerto Rico

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 3, 2021

It would love to read more about the ethical considerations that go into using playback for research purposes and how federal rules against playback affect research design. Research experiments are described without citing the names of the researchers themselves or any other background information.

North America

Animal Person

APRIL 23, 2009

Of course there are oodles of vegetarians who mention veganism and how difficult and restricting it is, and overall I'm having a fairly disheartening experience. Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics. And I'm experiencing the rarity of my beliefs. After all, who I am doesn't stop at vegan.

Vegan

10,000 Birds

MAY 7, 2019

Many essays, especially in the later sections, end with a question, hopefully getting us to think more about questions of ethics, conservation, and the puzzles posed by nature. Floyd’s writing style draws the reader in, including us in his experiences and observations, making the personal communal.

North America

Animal Ethics

JANUARY 1, 2010

Why not make this the year that you get serious and take a meaningful step toward improving your health and reducing your waistline by experimenting with a vegan diet for 21 days. This 21-day program is designed for anyone who wants to explore and experience the health benefits of a vegan diet, and its free! That's right, free!

Ethics

Animal Person

AUGUST 1, 2009

I don't disagree with Herbert, but what if I wrote: Most people don't want to hear about the capacity of nonhumans to experience pain, pleasure, boredom or frustration, and President Obama would rather walk through fire than do anything other than acquire a pure breed puppy or pardon a turkey on Thanksgiving (though that one remains to be seen).

Obama

Critter News

JULY 20, 2009

Once we are no longer so advanced, should we then be valued less and then subjected to experiments for this new and "unique" species of the future? Tags: animal experimentation animal research medical ethics medical research. If we are simply the most advanced step in evolution, doesn't that imply there are other steps ahead of us?

Medical Research

Animal Person

NOVEMBER 13, 2009

My experiences are unlike any of the film's subjects. Tags: Activism Ethics Film. And the sacrifices they were willing to make, and the changes they felt compelled to make in order to transition out of a life of using animals for their profit are awe-inspiring. For all of us.

Farm Sanctuary

Animal Person

AUGUST 12, 2009

If PCRM can get more people to try a "vegan diet" for 21 days as suggested, which is what in my experience used to be called "strict vegetarianism" (and which is no better), that's an actual decrease in animal use for those people. Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics Language. They're not saying, "try veganism for 21 days."

Vegan

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

Finding owls is the occasion to discuss the ethics of playback. We need more publishers of quality birding books and more birder-writers offering fresh views, sharing their experiences, covering new, niche subjects. Birding during the spring is the educational moment for explaining migration and fallout.

North Carolina