10,000 Birds
APRIL 24, 2024
I had long yearned of seeing a wild Harpy Eagle and was genuinely thrilled to hear about an active nest not too far from where we would be staying. Selfishly, I was a bit disappointed that the lack of water turned our two-hour commute via river to see the nest of the mighty Harpy Eagle into a no-go.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 15, 2019
But our real drink of choice was Zywiec, the best-known brand of Polish beer, which was readily available in many New York City neighborhoods. And more importantly for us, unlike Zywiec, 313 Polish Lager features a bird: the orzel bialy , the white eagle that adorns the national coat of arms of Poland. An eagle (a White-tailed?)
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10,000 Birds
JULY 10, 2019
The Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History boasts an entire collection of skins of birds native to the DC area, from large Bald Eagles to tiny Eastern Screech Owls. Throngs of people had lined up on the rainy Sunday to see the brand new dinosaur and fossil exhibit, and it did NOT disappoint. An original John J.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 2, 2021
Time is relative but the first day of the first month of a brand new year also acts as a good moment for making birding resolutions. This is what a distant Black Hawk-Eagle looks like. In the birding realm, it means a new year list, beginning the year with winter birds, and planning trips for the next 12 months.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 30, 2015
A quick check of the Collins 2 (I think American birders know this book as the “Birds of Europe”, but here, some branding mastermind has interconnected the company’s name and the book title) revealed that we are facing two Siberian Greylag Geese (race rubrirostris ). Picture 2: Lesser Spotted Eagle – Clanga pomarina.
10,000 Birds
JULY 6, 2018
Raptors were also the inspiration for the Horus brand logo created by the design studio Moon Collective, which shows the bearded Harrop in profile wearing a feather headdress topped with a falcon’s head, an image with obvious allusions to the eagle warriors ( cuauhtli ) of the Aztecs. Good birding and happy drinking!
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 11, 2019
Old Crow is a bit harsher than your favorite top-shelf bourbon, but the flaws of this classic brand can be easily hidden in an Old Fashioned or a Manhattan. “I’m fly like an eagle and I drink Old Crow.” The flavor is briny and slightly tarry, with a touch of clove in the short finish.
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