10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 27, 2019
I’ll be the first to admit the selection of ducks so far at Booze and Birds has been rather paltry. Stumpy Duck is an American pale ale by Trillium Brewing Company of Boston, Massachusetts, one of the most popular breweries in New England for the past few years. Not exactly a small bird.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 10, 2021
According to reports in the media , a recording from 1987 recently rediscovered by researchers has captured a Musk Duck ( Biziura lobata ) in Australia repeatedly uttering the phrase “You bloody fool” as part of its courtship display, apparently having picked up this impolite exclamation by mimicking overheard human speech.
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10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 20, 2020
For many of us, even the traditional centerpiece bird of the day – the domesticated Wild Turkey ( Meleagris gallopavo ) – will be downsized or even swapped out of the menu altogether. At the very end of this poultry and gamebird scale is the quail, a bird so small it generally takes two or maybe three to feed just one person.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 26, 2021
After an unintentionally long hiatus here at Birds and Booze, we’re back – though we’re now a day late with our annual Thanksgiving recommendation. Good birding and happy drinking – and happy Thanksgiving! Goldeneye Winery: Goldeneye Pinot Noir (2016). Four out of five feathers (Excellent).
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 27, 2015
Recently I ditched the coast and headed into the bowels of the Central Valley, to meet up with an old friend…you may know him by the name “ Falcated Duck “ Falcated Duck eluded us at first, but eventually let us stare at him at will. But this post is not about Falcated Duck. These birds look are abominations.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 14, 2018
This just might be a birding joke as old as the hills, but it’s one I hear without fail every year come Christmas Bird Count season in upstate New York. Not long after the compilation gets underway starting with the order Anseriformes , we come to Aix sponsa and the compiler asks – hopefully – “Any Wood Ducks?”
10,000 Birds
APRIL 21, 2015
H5N2 is a bird influenza virus that is making news. This mainly affects domestic fowl, and in this sense is not a topic central to 10,000 Birds. But, wild birds are part of the story, and the virus itself has changed and has been known to make wild birds ill. What is H5N2 Avian Influenza? Or, even, many of them.
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