article thumbnail

La Vieille Ferme: Rouge (2016)

10,000 Birds

But is there a bird more emblematic of France than the humble – yet decidedly exotic – farmyard chicken? As a perfect evocation of Gallic rusticity – along with simple bonne femme cuisine and the pleasures of vin de pays – the chicken graces the labels of many French wines. La Vieille Ferm Rouge (2016). So I survived.

2016 101
article thumbnail

Birding Shanghai in December 2022

10,000 Birds

Further studies are needed …” If you use a bad online translation engine to translate the Chinese name of the Northern Lapwing into English, you will end up with the “Crested Wheat Chicken” (Fèng tóu mài ji). A bit like being adopted, I guess. ” The feeling of not knowing about this is almost unbearable.

Finland 147