Comments on: Marxism and Bird-Watching http://virtualstoa.net/2008/07/13/marxism-and-bird-watching/ Chris Brooke's Weblog Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:07:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: ejh http://virtualstoa.net/2008/07/13/marxism-and-bird-watching/#comment-257117 ejh Mon, 14 Jul 2008 12:22:06 +0000 http://virtualstoa.net/2008/07/13/marxism-and-bird-watching/#comment-257117 Here's a birdwatching question from a Marxist. Where I live, in rural Aragón, you can, in spring, see large numbers of birds of prey circling about the fields. But as summer wears on, their numbers appear to become fewer. Is this for the mundane reason that as the crops grow, it becomes harder for the birds to spot the mice running about the fields, and therefore they tend to go off and look for prey elsewhere? Here’s a birdwatching question from a Marxist.

Where I live, in rural Aragón, you can, in spring, see large numbers of birds of prey circling about the fields. But as summer wears on, their numbers appear to become fewer.

Is this for the mundane reason that as the crops grow, it becomes harder for the birds to spot the mice running about the fields, and therefore they tend to go off and look for prey elsewhere?

]]> By: Dave Renton http://virtualstoa.net/2008/07/13/marxism-and-bird-watching/#comment-256935 Dave Renton Mon, 14 Jul 2008 08:35:30 +0000 http://virtualstoa.net/2008/07/13/marxism-and-bird-watching/#comment-256935 The author of the site is Rick Kuhn, the current holder of the Deutscher Prize, for his superb biography of the Marxist economist Henryk Grossman. He is also a lovely guy... The author of the site is Rick Kuhn, the current holder of the Deutscher Prize, for his superb biography of the Marxist economist Henryk Grossman. He is also a lovely guy…

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