10,000 Birds

JULY 12, 2018

And that’s not all: I’m even relaxing my unwritten prohibition against featuring domestic fowl. I really felt like I was sticking my neck out there for a bit – not always a wise decision in France for fowl or royalty. I suspect I won’t be the only one drinking French wine this weekend. So I survived.

2016 101

2016 France Chickens Fowl 101

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 24, 2020

This boldness isn’t restricted to exchanges with other grouse, either: in some locales, members of this circumpolar family are astonishingly foolhardy around humans. And with his striking jet-black plumage, he’s the perfect fowl to represent this darker, smoky offering from The Famous Grouse. .

Sheep 188

Sheep Branding Ireland Fowl 188

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

Ever the moral perfectionist, Franklin argued that the turkey was a much more honorable and determined fowl, and suggested the bird – as an “original Native of America” – would make a decidedly more fitting avian mascot for the United States (seemingly implying – incorrectly – that the Bald Eagle is not an indigenous New World species).

2017 150

2017 Bald Eagle United States Turkey 150