article thumbnail

Best Bird of the Weekend (Third of November 2019)

10,000 Birds

Are these, I ask gesturing figuratively around me, all the winter visitors or resident breeders we’ll be observing for the next few months? If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. The post Best Bird of the Weekend (Third of November 2019) appeared first on 10,000 Birds.

2019 168
article thumbnail

Best Bird of the Weekend (Last of May 2019)

10,000 Birds

Spotting Blackpoll Warblers around here breaks bittersweet; obviously, anyone would enjoy spotting one of these monochromatic songbirds, but with this late migrant comes the promise of months of little more than resident breeders. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment.

2019 113
article thumbnail

De arte venandi cum avibus: San Martino Siir (2015) – Aglianico del Vulture DOC

10,000 Birds

Falconry Month at Birds and Booze: I’ve decided to dedicate this month of March 2019 to wines and beers related to the history of falconry – or hawking – for no other reason than that I’ve recently acquired several bottles adorned with mostly medieval European iconography relating to this “sport of kings”.

2015 113