Critter News

SEPTEMBER 6, 2010

Dear Senator Murray, I have read articles in the New York Times 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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MARCH 8, 2011

Next time you are birding in South Florida in the winter remember to check out Estero Lagoon near Fort Myers Beach. Cats Are Still Public Enemy Number One, For Birds The New York Times and Tweety have it absolutely correct. Get yours today! These Blasts From The Past What is a Phoebe? Wicked, right? Hat-tip to Stella.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2011

… Tags: books , brazil , field guide , Reviews • Camping tents - Check out our pop up tents , family tents , and more! of species of bird that birders the world over desperately want to experience. Cats Are Still Public Enemy Number One, For Birds The New York Times and Tweety have it absolutely correct.

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Animal Person

AUGUST 1, 2009

Something interesting happened when I read New York Times columnist Bob Herbert's article about the arrest of Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr., Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics Language. called " Anger Has Its Place."

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MARCH 6, 2011

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 New York Times and Tweety have it absolutely correct. The former British colony’s Z.c. Wicked, right? Hat-tip to Stella.

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MARCH 21, 2011

If you are interested in chasing the bird just look at the New York State birding listserv for info on how to contact Fred Jordan. … Tags: Lewiss Woodpecker , new york , woodpeckers • Camping tents - Check out our pop up tents , family tents , and more! It truly is a beauty, and worth the very long trip.

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MARCH 2, 2011

After several minutes of this deep water foraging behavior, this White-faced Ibis made its way toward me into more shallow water Posed for a little while, and then began to preen I’m glad I took the time to visit Colusa National Wildlife Refuge on this day. You never know what you might see! Get yours today! Beautiful bird.

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Wildlife Sacramento 2011 Jordan 177

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MARCH 6, 2011

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 New York Times and Tweety have it absolutely correct. Tags: best bird , weekend • Camping tents - Check out our pop up tents , family tents , and more!

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MARCH 13, 2011

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!)

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MARCH 17, 2011

Perhaps you’ve had the same experience. Cats Are Still Public Enemy Number One, For Birds The New York Times and Tweety have it absolutely correct. Tags: iatb • Have you seen the cool 10,000 Birds t-shirts? Birding opened up Central America for me in a way that nothing else did. Get yours today!

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Animal Person

JANUARY 18, 2010

In " Therapists Report Increase in Green Disputes " in the Environment section of today's New York Times, Leslie Kaufman reports that American households have become a battleground for beliefs about the environment. Tags: Current Affairs Ethics Gray Matters. Is it purely a matter of months or years for you?

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MARCH 11, 2011

It comes at a cost, however; they must dry their feathers after wetting them, and in the case of darters and anhingas, spend plenty of time in the sun to keep their body temperatures high. Ringer Tags: cormorants , frigatebirds , genetics , taxonomy and systematics • Camping tents - Check out our pop up tents , family tents , and more!

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MARCH 18, 2011

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 New York Times and Tweety have it absolutely correct. Get yours today! Wicked, right? Hat-tip to Stella.

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MARCH 17, 2011

Whatever your plans this weekend, make time to enjoy SkyWatch Friday. more migratory sky shots here ) Tags: march , weekend • Camping tents - Check out our pop up tents , family tents , and more! Stop by our blog for some nice shots and share the experience!! Look to the skies for flocks of waterfowl on the wing!

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Animal Person

APRIL 6, 2010

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 New York Times begins with "even." Tags: Current Affairs Language. Have they not ever observed nonhuman animals? We're all animals, aren't we? We're sentient.

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MARCH 11, 2011

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 New York Times and Tweety have it absolutely correct. We’re not talking habitat, we’re talking geographic location here. Think “white”.

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MARCH 9, 2011

Greg the Naughty Takahe ( Porphyrio hochstetteri ) Tags: Destinations , new zealand • Have you seen the cool 10,000 Birds t-shirts? Duncan Mar 10th, 2011 at 3:01 am I know from experience that Saddlebacks are tricky little guys to catch. Get yours today! A week spent on Kapiti only got us 3 of them! Wicked, right?

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New Zealand 2011 Deer Cats 183

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MARCH 1, 2011

Hiking For The Heck of It Reason To Become a Bird Watcher #1: No Batteries Required Welcome Wednesday: Musings on a Big Year 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. Get yours today! Wicked, right? Hat-tip to Stella.

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MARCH 18, 2011

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.

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MARCH 21, 2011

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 New York Times and Tweety have it absolutely correct.

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Animal Person

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

Today's New York Times 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.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2010

But it's also remarkable in that Roger Cohen, a 50-something man who writes for the New York Times, 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. And that's the bad news.

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MARCH 9, 2011

And I haven’t even started to write about ageing them … What are your experiences, and what is the colour of the claws on your local gull species? Cats Are Still Public Enemy Number One, For Birds The New York Times and Tweety have it absolutely correct. Nice piercing, dude! Gulls move in mysterious ways.

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