10,000 Birds

APRIL 21, 2015

This mainly affects domestic fowl, and in this sense is not a topic central to 10,000 Birds. Close to 5% of turkeys being farmed in Minnesota have been or shortly will be destroyed , and the virus is also affecting chickens. What is H5N2 Avian Influenza? H5N2 is a bird influenza virus that is making news. Or, even, many of them.

Mississippi 173

Mississippi Fowl Turkey Minnesota 173

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 2, 2024

The selections appear to largely reflect Hauber’s personal experiences around the world and he does occasionally bring himself into the essay, reflecting on a European Robin he observes at dusk in northwestern Germany or searching for American Robin nests on a tree farm in the Midwestern United States.

Chicago 171

Chicago Barn Owls Penguins New Zealand 171

10,000 Birds

JULY 3, 2020

Of course, there may very well have been fowl-inspired weathervanes in ancient Greece and Rome. Operating out of a former hop farm since 1997, Ommegang is well regarded for its dedication to Belgian beer styles, but it’s nice to see the brewery venture outside of the traditions of Flanders and Wallonia on occasion with a release like this.

New York 152

New York Farming Belgium Fowl 152

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 13, 2019

A Great Horned Owl illustrated in Game Birds: Life Histories of One Hundred and Seventy Birds of Prey, Game Birds and Water-Fowls by Neltje Blanchan. It’s enough to make even the most hard-bitten CBC’er hit the snooze button next year. . Considering all that, it’s no surprise that less hardy (or more sensible?)

2017 136

2017 Owls Game California 136

Animal Ethics

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

But the method she advocates for reaching those goals—raising grass-eating, pasture-foraging farm animals—would appear to be notoriously difficult to reproduce on a scale large enough to harvest enough meat, at a reasonable cost, for all the people wanting to eat meat in this country, let alone the world. Contrary to Ms.

New York Times 40

New York Times New York Meat San Antonio 40

10,000 Birds

JULY 12, 2018

And that’s not all: I’m even relaxing my unwritten prohibition against featuring domestic fowl. This week’s bottle is a blended red wine from La Vieille Ferm (“the old farm”). I really felt like I was sticking my neck out there for a bit – not always a wise decision in France for fowl or royalty. So I survived.

2016 101

2016 France Chickens Fowl 101

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

Ever the moral perfectionist, Franklin argued that the turkey was a much more honorable and determined fowl, and suggested the bird – as an “original Native of America” – would make a decidedly more fitting avian mascot for the United States (seemingly implying – incorrectly – that the Bald Eagle is not an indigenous New World species).

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2017 Bald Eagle United States Turkey 150