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WPAs: America’s Duck Factories

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The region has justifiably been referred to as the “Duck Factory of North America.” As examples, Mallards banded in the prairie pothole region have been observed in 45 states and it is likely that virtually all Whooping Cranes have stopped at a WPA during migration. It produces approximately half of the continent’s waterfowl.

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A Great Day Out West – Bobcats, Birds and Boardwalks

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And the magic factories are two neighbors, Green Cay Wetlands and Wakodahatchee Wetlands. Take this morning for example. We exit the car and enter magic factory number two. But to us locals from the El Dub (Lake Worth, FL) it refers to anywhere east of the Everglades and west of Congress Avenue. Because there is more to come.

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Getting the Bill – Taste, Touch and Smell in Birds

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Honeyguides, for example, are strongly attracted to the smell of wax. Birds use rectal bristles (at the base of the bill) and tiny touch factories called Herbst corpuscles to detect touch. Most appear to have a very limited sense of smell and mammals appear to have better developed olfactory glands.

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Business Birding Basics – part II

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Apart from a juvenile Southern Beardless Tyrannulet we were just seeing roads and factories. In some marital tiffs she still mentions him as the example for impatient, unskilled and ignorant me to follow. And our assumption was that the antwren isn’t a great songster and as such relatively safe from trappers.

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Animal Health Care is Part of the Bottom Line

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We've argued in previous posts that factory farming is simply not conducive to animal welfare. Here's an example. I'm not arguing about the methods as I'm not a veterinarian, but it's a good example of the clinical discussion of costs when it comes to managing farm animal health.

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"Change of Heart": New Book about Animal Activism

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For example, why is it so hard for our family members and co-workers – many of whom have companion animals that they love – to cut cruelty from their diets and go vegan? And why do so many people say the oppose the cruel practices of factory farming, yet still eat meat, eggs and dairy products? In the author's words.

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Use it or lose it?

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And the last of the facts that I listed is rather an example why that support is, well, qualified. Regular readers of this site might be able to think of a much discussed example, that of birding on National Wildlife Refuges versus hunting. But by the same token, it isn’t necessarily a good idea either. Shot a rhino?

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