Last week’s excellent 10,000 Birds holiday gift guide compiled by Mark made me realize that we’ve gone through nearly all of 2021 without reviewing...

After an unintentionally long hiatus here at Birds and Booze, we’re back – though we’re now a day late with our annual Thanksgiving recommendation....

I thought we had bid farewell to Barn Swallows (Hirundo rustica) for the year with last week’s post, but we’ll have them back one...

To paraphrase Aristotle via Aldo Leopold, one swallow does not a summer make, but zero swallows, that is fall. That at least holds mostly...

Most birders know better than to fall prey to such sensationalism, but among the public at large, Australia is notorious for being a land...

“This beautiful and singular bird, although a constant resident in the southern extremities of the peninsula of Florida, seldom extends its journeys in an...

For a second time in a month, we have a new double India Pale Ale featuring a species of bird famous for its appearance...

Many birders find gull identification one of the more difficult aspects of this hobby and classifying gulls when they appear on cans of beer...