10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 27, 2019

It was inevitable that Birds and Booze would one day get around to reviewing Grey Goose, the popular and high-profile brand of premium French vodka that comes in an attractive bottle adorned with frosty white silhouettes of geese in flight. Deciding what to drink on both New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day? This may be your Anser.

Geese 136

Geese Branding France Poland 136

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 10, 2018

After four decades of establishing bitter hoppiness as the hallmark of their brand of craft brewing, American brewers have turned their attention to other brash flavors, diving headlong into sour brewing of late. By most reckonings, the Northern Hemisphere is in the middle of the so-called dog days of summer. Well, until now.

Collecting 100

Collecting St. Louis Dogs Sparrows 100

10,000 Birds

JUNE 27, 2017

It was here that I discovered my first White Ibis, my first Eastern Towhee, my first Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher , and while these species may be “common” to me now they filled me with wonder then. Exploring the trail, keeping the dog safely on a leash. Unsurprisingly, I am very fond of this small piece of natural habitat.

Virginia 100

Virginia Branding 2013 Blackbirds 100

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 11, 2019

But however much I may trust in the curative powers of “the hair of the dog”, I do not celebrate my annual corvine year bird with a tipple at daybreak on New Year’s Day. I generally wait until I have at least a dozen species on my year list before having my first drink of the year. Just leave enough corn for the bourbon, please.

Mississippi 117

Mississippi Kentucky New York Tennessee 117