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.

Geese 135

Geese Branding France Poland 135

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 22, 2014

Since that first count I have had lots of different roles in different counts from leading sectors as a last-minute stand-in to coming along for a few hours to help cover some turf. Add to that my early morning Eastern Screech-Owl at Cunningham Park (My first in Queens!) and I had a pretty good day.

2005 154

2005 Birds Blackbirds Branding 154

10,000 Birds

JUNE 8, 2017

Looking at the river, I cannot believe my memories of the same place this January – frozen solid, with just a small opening in the ice – and 26,000 geese in it! Eurasian Wryneck by Martien Brand / Wikimedia Commons. Ferruginous Duck – Aythya nyroca. Lesser Grey Shrike by Dûrzan Cîrano / Wikimedia Commons.

Romania 124

Romania Serbia Turtles Blackbirds 124

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 5, 2017

“Ducks, Geese, and Swans” in the front, “Blackbirds” in the back; “Caracaras and Falcons” next to “Old World Parrots,” “Loons” about one-third of the way down the list, after “Tropicbirds” and before “Albatrosses.” Mississippi Kite, for example.

North America 186

North America America 2017 Birds 186

10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 2011

Other birds with webbed feet, including ducks and geese, have only three webbed toes; the hallux (which in birds is usually the “hind toe&# and in humans, the “big toe&# ) is free. But meanwhile, let’s look at the four avian families that comprise the brand new order Suliformes.

2011 154

2011 Pelicans Papua New Guinea Birds 154