10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 15, 2019
It was in the great borough of Queens in New York City that I first discovered both beer and birding, two great loves of my life that happily intersect with great regularity here at Birds and Booze. We were fans of the Dominican lager El Presidente (mostly on account of the cool name) and Guinness was always a favorite.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 7, 2017
Even when hunting in sub-freezing temperatures on the edge of the Mongolian border or doing her chores around the family ger (yurt) in the isolated Altai Mountains, Aisholpan beams. It’s constructed in three acts: Home, Festival, Hunting. Aisholpan will not be considered a true Eagle Hunter till she successfully hunts.
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10,000 Birds
JANUARY 14, 2013
Though originally from Switzerland he now makes New York City his home where I (Corey) have had the great fortune of meeting him, birding with him, and photographing wildlife with him. Francois Portmann is a professional photographer with an impressive portfolio.
10,000 Birds
JULY 4, 2023
Ackerman interviews Robyn Fleming, a research librarian at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, who is documenting every owl-related artwork in the museum’s halls and storerooms, so far identifying 550 pieces. They are also hunted. They roost and hunt, at night (mostly) when we can’t see them.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 6, 2021
Great Frigatebirds engage in “unihemispheric sleep” on hunting trips of six to ten days, never landing, sleeping less than an hour in a 24-hour cycle, often keeping one-half of their brain awake while the other slept. It is early April as I write this, and migration is beginning to trickle through to New York City.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 30, 2020
Redgannet, you’ll have to come visit New York City sometime soon. Chamois is an agile goat-antelope with short hooked horns, found in mountainous areas of Europe from Spain to the Caucasus. I’m sure once we get a vaccine that I can show you something better than a Black Kite ! Clare (and Grant!) Preposterous!
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