10,000 Birds

MARCH 3, 2019

Now that we’ve entered the third month of the calendar year, take stock: did your birding March come in like a lion or a lamb? My birding was positively sheepish during this busy weekend. Luckily, a Carolina Wren took kindness upon me by singing at my office window.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 2, 2016

The month eases you in, docile as a lamb, but promises to bite you on the back end. Around here, October feels a lot like March in reverse. Hope you took advantage of one of the more gentle weekends this month has to offer.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 26, 2015

So much for going out like a lamb! Every weekend deserves at least a little excitement, but I’m finding it difficult to get too worked up about another ice-rimed February weekend. At least this miserable (YMMV) month is coming to an end.

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Animal Person

JULY 25, 2010

Thanks, once again, to James LaVeck and Jenny Stein of Tribe of Heart for kindly and carefully bringing attention to what should be a stunningly-obvious moment of hypocrisy by groups that exist to advocate for and save animals.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 2, 2018

In the Northern Hemisphere, we celebrate March as the month that comes in like a lion–especially in my neck of the woods–and goes out like a lamb. Birdingwise, that sequence works in reverse. I hope you enjoy every minute of this month’s birding.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 3, 2014

This month comes in like a lamb, unless you’re paying attention to fall migration, in which case the lion is roaring right now. October much resembles March in these parts, but reversed in polarity. I don’t know why I’ve done this to myself, but I’ve been working every weekend morning.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 3, 2014

March traditionally goes out like a lamb. Keep your eyes to the skies for birds in migration, like these Snow Geese snapped by Heidi Spitzig. I don’t even want to say what the month went out like this year, but it had best not go out that way again!

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 24, 2020

But, when I checked eBird to make sure I had my facts straight, I found only one sighting listed this far from the coast, and it was by the legendary ornithologist Chester Lamb… in 1951! Admittedly, many coastal species extend their range inland over the Río Balsas basin. That sighting was, in fact, only a few miles from mine.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 3, 2017

Perhaps the time has come, though, to retire the bit about lions and lambs. Oh to be on the Sanetti Plateau in Ethiopia ! March, at least in my part of the world, is living up to its billing as a ferocious starter. Who outside of certain parts of Africa thinks about lions during this time of year?

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 28, 2013

March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb and all that rot. Wouldn’t you love to visit Cape Kidnappers in NZ, where Duncan Wright has enjoyed sauvignon and seabirds ? What matters more to me is how this month comes in like decrepit winter and goes out like nascent spring, early migrants and all!

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 1, 2012

This odd weekend began with the end of March, which didn’t exactly go out like a lamb, and ended with the beginning of April. Only January commences with more fanfare and merriment than April. Did you enjoy any particularly amusing April Fools jokes? We’re especially interested in ones involving birds and nature.

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Critter News

JULY 19, 2009

A recently established international partnership will focus on developing a “strong and viable beef and lamb feedlot industry” for Iraq, according to project participants. From our "good friends" at Agrilife News. The partnership between the Inma Agribusiness Program, U.S. Agency for International Development, and U.S.

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4 The Love Of Animals

NOVEMBER 28, 2010

The dog give-away includes three sample bags of the new dry formula; Sierra Mountain Canine with roasted lamb and sweet potatoes is a limited ingredient diet with lamb as the only protein source. We have a fun giveaway from Taste of the Wild!

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Critter News

OCTOBER 25, 2009

When I was still a meat-eater, the two foods I would not touch were veal and lamb. Bo Obama celebrated his birthday with a doghouse cake made out of veal. Veal is especially cruel, even for factory farming, although now I think foie gras is a strong competitor. Certainly disappointed in the Obamas for such a poor choice of "cake."

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Animal Person

APRIL 29, 2009

She expressed her gratitude for those she kills in her book, as well: "When I first ate a meal from one of our lambs, I thought I'd be upset, since it'd been so hard to take them to the abbattoir. But instead of being sad or upset at the lamb chop on my plate, I was overcome with gratitude.

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4 The Love Of Animals

AUGUST 3, 2012

There are four flavors total; Chicken Paw Pie, Savory Lamb Stew, Hearty Beef Stew, and Chicken Muttballs with Pasta. So of course, Baby had to try it out at the table. The first thing we had her try was the “Chicken Paw Pie”, and she simply loved it!

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 11, 2017

“Bird Count at Cano Negro” was too mundane to portray the boat rides, mosquitoes, remote habitats, the surprise lamb chops lunch, and other situations. Rain came and went but it cooled things down and also gave us a chance to sit down and enjoy a wonderful, home-cooked meal of rice, beans, and lamb!

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4 The Love Of Animals

JANUARY 18, 2012

Using the highest quality ingredients such as turkey, rice, duck and lamb – as opposed to grain, chicken, pork and beef – the James Wellbeloved Dog Food range is specifically targeted at dogs that not only suffer from allergies but also those that may do in the future.

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4 The Love Of Animals

APRIL 15, 2009

Move it Around : Rather than feeding your dog a steady diet of beef or lamb or fish, switch the proteins every once in a while. By giving him beef one month, lamb the next month and turkey the next, etc., you’ll keep him from becoming allergic to any one kind of protein.

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Critter News

NOVEMBER 2, 2008

When I watch Top Chef, these people can hardly make a chocolate cake without throwing some lamb in there. What is so threatening to chefs like Ramsey and David Chang? I think part of it is their egos, but it's also their training.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 17, 2020

Eagle and Lamb by John James Audubon (1785-1851). The eagle’s alleged appetite for livestock has made it the traditional enemy of farmers and shepherds – especially in Scotland’s sheep country – and though claims of its gluttony are undoubtedly exaggerated, pardon for the Golden Eagle has been slow in coming.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 19, 2019

Lamb, who surveyed the birds of western Mexico from 1932-1955, and whose lists have been posted on eBird in recent years. All of which makes me a true one-eyed king. (It It is a fascinating footnote to this subject that the #3 eBirder of all time for the state of Michoacán is still a biologist named Chester C.

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Animal Person

MARCH 31, 2009

Briefly: Zoning board in Buffalo unanimously approved plans for a slaughterhouse (as in, a place where chickens, goats, lambs and calves will be killed and chopped up). The inaugural winner would be John Carbonaro, who found an article called " Slaughterhouse in Buffalo Wins Zoning Approval."

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Critter News

APRIL 12, 2009

Department of Agriculture also said it will buy $60 million of turkey, $2 million of lamb and $29.7 The federal government continued its effort to boost agricultural commodity prices today by announcing it will purchase an additional $25 million worth of pork. million of walnuts.

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Critter News

JUNE 20, 2009

A 2006 USDA inspection report faulted the school for withholding anesthesia from piglets and lambs during procedures without adequate scientific justification for doing so. The USDA also entered an out-of-court $10,000 financial settlement with Charles River for a May, 2008 when too-hot temperatures led to the deaths of 32 primates.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 13, 2016

The cuisine was magnificent, especially lamb. The bear walks are relatively easy and, while possible in sneakers, some light ankle-support hiking shoes might be preferable. Also, trekking poles proved useful. At one occasion, during the hike Tsanakis collected wild mushrooms and in a restaurant, asked the chef to prepare those for us.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 21, 2013

The specials for our dinner at The Slanted Porch in Fallon included dishes prepared from cows and lambs raised by local 4-H Club kids.). Even when we weren’t out in the field, we had a great time visiting the historic and cultural sites lined up by our sponsors, as well as chowing on excellent cuisine.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 17, 2012

Sparrows, on the other hand, seem to make the most of the lamb-like weather left over from the end of March and make their move northward while wistful, wood-warbler-wishing birders have seen few of their quarry. In the New York City area the number and variety of sparrows a birder can see in mid-April is astounding.

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Animal Ethics

MARCH 3, 2008

Anyone who loves little lambs in a personal way more than he loves lamb chops in a gustatory way ought to forego the latter delicacies. The moral issue, when a man eats lamb chops, is not: Does he gain more value than the lambs have lost by dying so young? But few people do this. And eating them will frustrate this love.

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Animal Ethics

FEBRUARY 22, 2009

The wolf devours the lamb, and is no worse a wolf for it; but if he seek, as in the fable, to give quibbling excuses for his wolfishness, he becomes a byword for hypocrisy. The spirit that absolves is one of unquestioning faith, not of far-fetched sophistry.

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Animal Ethics

APRIL 27, 2008

We encourage kids to gently pet baby lambs, cows, chickens and pigs, but we deny them this loving connection when we serve animals for dinner by surreptitiously calling them chops, hamburger, nuggets and bacon. There is no happy ending for even the most humanely raised animal.

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Animal Ethics

APRIL 3, 2007

Lambs, goats, birds were sacrificed at home, at temples and on altars themselves. When Jesus died on the cross, He didn't just save us humans—He died for the animals, too. Prior to Jesus' death on the cross, animal sacrifices were a common and vital part of every family's worship experience. The animals took the place of humans.

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Animal Ethics

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

I have had no other animal products (no beef, pork, lamb, or turkey, for example) since 1982. First is the question of whether one is living up to one's ideals. I, for example, am a demi-vegetarian. I eat chicken, fish, and eggs. Am I a hypocrite?

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Animal Ethics

JANUARY 20, 2008

Leitzmann (both from the Nutritional Epidemiology Branch of the Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America) entitled “A Prospective Study of Red and Processed Meat Intake in Relation to Cancer Risk” suggests (..)

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Critter News

APRIL 7, 2010

Mulesing, in which woolgrowers surgically remove parts of merino lambs' rears to prevent potentially fatal flystrike, has sparked demonstrations and litigation by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA).

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Animal Ethics

JANUARY 16, 2010

I refuse to eat pork, but eat grass-fed beef when I am making Persian food, and certain forms of chicken and lamb with other ethnic foods I consume. I, like you, am not a complete vegetarian. In fact, my diet is worse, but I do justify my eating habits.

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4 The Love Of Animals

NOVEMBER 5, 2013

Un-baa-lievable with Lamb. We have a fun pack to giveaway to one lucky reader in honor of the IAMS #ShakeItForward campaign that is helping feed shelter pets this holiday season. IAMS Shakeables Soft & Chewy Treats for Dogs – 1 of Each Flavor: Gobble ‘Em Up with Turkey (as seen in Punk’d Puppy!). Clucky Me with Chicken.

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