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Environment & Energy

Buzz Clik

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2. The white-throated needle tail is "of least concern" re: threatened/endangered species.

Reply to caraher (Original post)

Sat Jun 29, 2013, 09:53 AM

Jun 2013

It's this kind of ignorant shit that really pisses me off about "environmentalism". How are we to make progress when well-meaning people refuse to take the time to educated themselves on the simplest of subjects?

http://bird-species.findthedata.org/l/3448/White-throated-Needletail

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Birdwatchers see rare white-throated needletail fly into turbine on Harris [View all] caraher Jun 2013 OP

Yes, we should eliminate all wind turbines. And, trains. NYC_SKP Jun 2013 #1

Yup caraher Jun 2013 #5

And cars. progressoid Jun 2013 #10

The white-throated needle tail is "of least concern" re: threatened/endangered species. Buzz Clik Jun 2013 #2

I sent that link to my sister caraher Jun 2013 #4

There you go -- that really is the point. Buzz Clik Jun 2013 #9

#ABArare - White-throated Needletail - Alaska XemaSab Jun 2013 #6

"Nobody's trying to argue that this species is globally rare." Buzz Clik Jun 2013 #8

Not a swift enough swift. Sounds like a setup to me. Starboard Tack Jun 2013 #3

OMG the dustup in GD over this nonsense. wtmusic Jun 2013 #7