10,000 Birds

JULY 23, 2021

The Guinness toucan is easily the most iconic bird mascot in beer history, but the storied Dublin brewery also boasted an ostrich and a pelican in its colorful, avian advertising menagerie of yesteryear. Good birding and happy drinking! A note of caution about this beer’s alcohol content: at a walloping 8.3 Consider yourself warned.

India 263

India Ostriches Porcupines Rabbits 263

10,000 Birds

MAY 6, 2016

I asked a group of wildlife rehabilitators: “What are some of the Worst Bird Myths? Porcupines throw their quills! Porcupines can’t shoot their quills, any more than people can shoot their hair. So it goes with birds, with one additional point: except for pigeons and vultures, birds have almost no sense of smell.

Wildlife Rehabilitation 185

Wildlife Rehabilitation Porcupines Raccoons Birds 185

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 17, 2012

This is the crazy winter period, the time of Christmas Bird Count scouting, birding, counting and compiling. 10,000 Birds has reviewed a lot good books over the past 12 months , many of which would make excellent holiday gifts. Some interesting coffee table-type titles have been reviewed in 10,000 Birds.

New Jersey 116

New Jersey Porcupines Delaware Birds 116

10,000 Birds

JULY 17, 2012

Nick Sly, a friend of 10,000 Birds who writes intermittently at the thoroughly-recommended Biological Ramblings , is an ornithologist who graduated not so long ago from Cornell only to be cast out into the real world where he keeps a wry eye on all things biological! The youngest bird in this clutch is only two or three days old.

Eggs 269

Eggs Venezuela Porcupines 2008 269