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So the massive project I’m working on reaches its climax this weekend, and my laptop is still broken… so here is a New Zealand bird story that is in the NewYorkTimes of all things! It’s seems the media has learnt of the amazing Counting Robins of Zelanadia.
The NewYorkTimes presents us, this morning, with "Equine Alternative" regarding the recent discovery that horses decided to allow themselves be domesticated by humans for our mutual benefit, earlier than we had thought (3500 BC, and we preciously thought it was more like 2500 BC). Forgot to hit "publish now" on this.
They really appeared to enjoy this, because as soon as they swam back to the rocks they would line up again to repeat the experience. Cats Are Still Public Enemy Number One, For Birds The NewYorkTimes and Tweety have it absolutely correct. It seemed like a really fun way to spend the day! Wicked, right?
I have had similar experiences at Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge and you are so right on when you say “am I ever glad that I am a birder!&# It was a great experience. Cats Are Still Public Enemy Number One, For Birds The NewYorkTimes and Tweety have it absolutely correct. What a spectacle indeed.
Suffering is far from a uniquely human experience. It is time for us to widen our circle of compassion and follow Spain’s lead in granting legal rights to apes. I was astonished by how many displayed behaviors that overlap with post-traumatic stress disorder, depression and other trauma-related disorders.
To the Editor: Re “ When Fashion Meets Fishing, the Feathers Fly ” (front page, June 29), about a new trend of inserting fly fishing feathers in hair: If you wouldn’t walk around with a cat’s paw or a dog’s tail dangling from your hair, please don’t fall for the rooster feather fad either.
Share Your Thoughts « A First Christmas Bird Count Experience Cerulean Warbler Gets a Boost in Colombia » To learn more about 10,000 Birds, Mike, Corey, or the many marvelous Beat Writers, please click here. Cats Are Still Public Enemy Number One, For Birds The NewYorkTimes and Tweety have it absolutely correct.
The use of chimpanzees for research has declined significantly in the last decade mostly because of high costs and growing public opposition to relying on these animals in invasive experiments. It is time to retire chimpanzees in labs to sanctuaries like Chimp Haven. Kathleen Conlee Washington, Nov.
At our farm sanctuary, we see how much chickens rescued from factory farms delight in these experiences. They will still lack the freedom to engage in natural behaviors like foraging and nesting. Most will never know sunlight, breezes, plants or soil. Like humans, animals have a right to enjoy life. Bill Crain Ellen Crain Poughquag, N.Y.,
But bulls are not cars, but rather living beings that experience pain and suffering. Even private equity is getting in on the action, with one manager believing this could be the next Nascar. This is music to the ears of advertisers.
I applaud his recognition that cows are individual feeling beings that share with us the ability to experience happiness and contentment, fear and pain. Kristof describes “happy” cows that are loved “like children” by an organic dairy farmer.
People who adopt from animal shelters will tell you that it’s not only a rewarding experience, but also that shelters are filled with a smorgasbord of the most amazing, delightful, intelligent dogs you’ll ever find on the planet.
Dear Senator Murray, I have read articles in the NewYorkTimes and the Los Angeles Times about the chimpanzees at Holloman Air Force Base. This is a matter of human compassion to prevent the further suffering of animals that have already served this species in prior experiments.
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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. Cats Are Still Public Enemy Number One, For Birds The NewYorkTimes and Tweety have it absolutely correct.
Something interesting happened when I read NewYorkTimes columnist Bob Herbert's article about the arrest of Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr., called " Anger Has Its Place." What Herbert wrote is about justice that is long overdue and I doubt anyone will call him a terrorist.
The birds that I have experience with, like some of the raptors, wading birds, shorebirds, and tanagers, are all true-to-life in color, shape, and proportions to say nothing of being pretty paintings, if slightly sterile on the standard plain white background. of species of bird that birders the world over desperately want to experience.
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If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. Mar 19th, 2011 at 8:26 pm Corey, I am jealous of your Red-breasted Merganser experience at JBWR and the flight shots. Share Your Thoughts « Nate Makes the News! I suspect though that once we get past the Ides of March (beware!)
But after repeated good experiences with birders as individuals, Mr Jordan has consented to allow the bird to be made public before it leaves. Cats Are Still Public Enemy Number One, For Birds The NewYorkTimes and Tweety have it absolutely correct. It truly is a beauty, and worth the very long trip. Wicked, right?
Less and Gilroy sort through the exogenous (external) and endogenous (internal) factors thought to cause vagrancy and the scientific experiments that have sought to prove their significance with patience and plain language as well as charts and photographs. It’s not always easy reading.
Informed literature bears out my experience that most birds are seen singly or in pairs. Cats Are Still Public Enemy Number One, For Birds The NewYorkTimes and Tweety have it absolutely correct. The former British colony’s Z.c. Wicked, right? Hat-tip to Stella.
The experience was marvelous — but it also weighed heavily on me. You can read more about the study at The NewYorkTimes and the Los Angeles Times , among others. That’s one of my photos above. Butchart is head of science at BirdLife International and chairs the IUCN Red List Technical Working Group.
Research experiments are described without citing the names of the researchers themselves or any other background information. I also would have liked more specific information on the studies themselves–authors, years, where I can read them. This is a beautifully designed book.
A First Christmas Bird Count Experience » To learn more about 10,000 Birds, Mike, Corey, or the many marvelous Beat Writers, please click here. Cats Are Still Public Enemy Number One, For Birds The NewYorkTimes and Tweety have it absolutely correct. Beautiful bird. Thanks for visiting! Wicked, right?
Today's NewYorkTimes gives us Adam Shriver's Op-Ed " Not Grass-Fed, But at Least Pain-Free ," which presents its dilemma at the end: If we cannot avoid factory farms altogether, the least we can do is eliminate the unpleasantness of pain in the animals that must live and die on them. That action is to opt out and go vegan.
But it's also remarkable in that Roger Cohen, a 50-something man who writes for the NewYorkTimes, wonders: But do pigs have any more or less of a soul than dogs? But as Cohen experiences, humans don't live "in theory." I must confess I’ve been having a hard time. Are they any more or less sentient?
The experience is one of the ornithological highlights in the world. Looking at the staccato-like entries of my field notes one last time I am aware that my tiny contribution during these two weeks is extraordinarily minute compared to the months and years of dedication many here have contributed. Wicked, right? Hat-tip to Stella.
If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. Cats Are Still Public Enemy Number One, For Birds The NewYorkTimes and Tweety have it absolutely correct. What was your best bird of the weekend? Wicked, right? Hat-tip to Stella.
Perhaps you’ve had the same experience. Cats Are Still Public Enemy Number One, For Birds The NewYorkTimes and Tweety have it absolutely correct. We see countries as more than just locales for landmarks and landmarks as more than just souvenirs of bygone cultures (have you ever birded Tikal in Guatemala?
In " Therapists Report Increase in Green Disputes " in the Environment section of today's NewYorkTimes, Leslie Kaufman reports that American households have become a battleground for beliefs about the environment.
Nils Navarro Pacheco is described in the book’s bio as a wildlife artist and illustrator, with employment experience as a herpes taxonomist and curator, and current passions for conservation and helping young wildlife artists in the Caribbean and Latin America. This NewYorkTimes article summarizes the current status of travel to Cuba.
Habitat is very important to Hashimoto’s art, they are part of her observational and creative experience, and I think it’s this attention to appropriate waters, plants, climate, and time of day that make her bird portraits special. There are a few items I need to nitpick about. Bird species are not capitalized.
3 Responses to “Spring is for Wheatears&# Duncan Mar 18th, 2011 at 3:36 pm I got to experience a wheatear-palooza on my one day birding around Dubai last year. Cats Are Still Public Enemy Number One, For Birds The NewYorkTimes and Tweety have it absolutely correct. Corey Mar 19th, 2011 at 8:52 pm Great post, Dan.
I'm going to try hard to have this not become a rant, but " Even Among Animals: Leaders, Followers and Schmoozers ," by Natalie Angier in yesterday's NewYorkTimes begins with "even." Have they not ever observed nonhuman animals? Why is it surprising that nonhuman animals have personalities when human animals do?
Again, Poe provides the anwer: Regarding, then, Beauty as my province, my next question referred to the tone of its highest manifestation- and all experience has shown that this tone is one of sadness. Cats Are Still Public Enemy Number One, For Birds The NewYorkTimes and Tweety have it absolutely correct.
Stop by our blog for some nice shots and share the experience!! Cats Are Still Public Enemy Number One, For Birds The NewYorkTimes and Tweety have it absolutely correct. Salls Country Life Mar 19th, 2011 at 1:35 pm We are experiencing some incredible migratory bird watching right now. Wicked, right? Hat-tip to Stella.
It is not a new book, about 6 years old. I have encountered this situation only one time in my birding experience. Cats Are Still Public Enemy Number One, For Birds The NewYorkTimes and Tweety have it absolutely correct. We’re not talking habitat, we’re talking geographic location here. Wicked, right?
The experience also inspired my column this month at 10,000 Birds, so check that out when you’re done: Meet Suliformes, one of the newest orders of birds.) [.] Cats Are Still Public Enemy Number One, For Birds The NewYorkTimes and Tweety have it absolutely correct. Wicked, right? Hat-tip to Stella.
Author: Paul Nolan A key rule of managing remote teams in the pandemic is to keep in mind that everybody’s experience is different. Writing in The NewYorkTimes, Anna Goldfarb shared these tips for responding effectively when people tell you their coronavirus fears: Don’t minimize others’ fears. or toxic positivity.
When the lockdown was first initiated, NewYorkTimes columnist Frank Bruni said he thought people would realize how much can be accomplished “without the muss and fuss of actually meeting in person” and embrace it as a new normal. We need to accept that.”. or at least they hope that’s the case.
Virtual team experiences such as cocktail mixology classes, trivia contests and even a ukulele building class have replaced in-person corporate celebrations. He planned to repeat the experience at the Salt Lake City warehouse this year, but the pandemic prevented that.
See here for the NewYorkTimes story. Barbaro, the magnificent thoroughbred who broke his leg two weeks after winning the 2006 Kentucky Derby (I watched both races live), was put to death after taking a turn for the worse in his recovery. Barbaro's killing is a case of euthanasia.
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