10,000 Birds

MARCH 8, 2017

Crotty is a birder and lawyer living in Portland, Oregon who loves to share thoughtful , in-depth conservation pieces with 10,000 Birds readers. The region has justifiably been referred to as the “Duck Factory of North America.” This is Jason’s fifth contribution to the blog.

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Factory Ducks North Dakota Nebraska 139

Critter News

JULY 8, 2011

Enactment of the bill will bring about the first federal law relating to the treatment of chickens used for food, the first federal law relating to the treatment of animals while on factory farms, and the first farmed animal protection legislation in more than 30 years.

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Welfare Farm Sanctuary Battery Cages Factory Farm 100

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

Here in Portland, Oregon, it is more frequently too rainy rather than too cold to go birding, at least comfortably. I’ve also been on pelagic birding trips on both coasts, out of Half Moon Bay and Monterey, California; Newport, Oregon; and Hatteras, North Carolina. That trip resulted in 88 lifers in limited birding.

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San Francisco Portland United States Puerto Rico 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 3, 2022

Fortunately, Tianmashan is probably too hilly to ever be turned into a Tesla factory or a technology park. The once-legendary Magic Parking Lot at Nanhui has lost a lot of its magic but still has the occasional skulker, such as this Manchurian Bush Warbler. … and a Ring-necked Pheasant.

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Raccoons Birds Oregon China 264

Animal Ethics

AUGUST 2, 2008

And thanks to federal corn and soybean subsidies, factory farms saved an estimated $3.9 It’s time that our tax dollars no longer finance the inhumane conditions—for workers and animals and the climate—of factory farms. I have visited many of the grotesque factory farms that now corrupt our rural landscapes.

New York Times 40

New York Times New York Factory Farm Factory Farming 40

10,000 Birds

JUNE 1, 2019

Oregon Gulch. Oregon Gulch. Oregon Gulch. old angel factory area. European Bee-eater – Merops apiaster. Viminacium. 11 May 2019. California Quail – Callipepla californica. 11 May 2019. Wrentit – Chamaea fasciata. 11 May 2019. Yellow-breasted Chat – Icteria virens. 11 May 2019. Sandy Hook.

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2019 Ghana Australia Woodpeckers 113