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The Famous Grouse: Smoky Black Blended Scotch Whisky

January 24, 2020 by Tristan Lowery No Comments

Whisky Month at Birds and Booze: This January, Birds and Booze at 10,000 Birds is setting its sights on whiskies all month long. The...

Trips

The Cure for Binocular Neck: Birding in Montana

August 4, 2018 by Angela Minor No Comments

Custer Gallatin National Forest In the valley of the Yellowstone and Boulder Rivers, snuggled up against Rocky Mountain ranges, sits the little western town...

Birds

What is the State Bird of Pennsylvania?

August 4, 2015 by Erika Zambello 1 Comment

You are walking on a wooded path in Pennsylvania. Everything is quiet and serene; a few bird calls here and there, the low buzzing...

News

Don’t Mess with Capercaillie

April 1, 2014 by Corey No Comments

A Swedish news reporter decided, for some reason, to try to interview a displaying male Capercaillie. It did not end well for the reporter...

Trips

Check Out That Chick(adee): Birding on Spring Break

April 10, 2012 by Corey 10 Comments

The Adirondack Mountains of New York State, March 2007 Daisy and I took advantage of her spring break and one of my precious vacation...

Birds

Ruffed Grouse Bonasa umbellus

April 14, 2011 by Corey 12 Comments

The Ruffed Grouse is a bird of the forests across much of North America, from Alaska and the mountains of the west through Canada,...

Terminology

Of Whiskey Jacks and Water Ouzels

April 8, 2011 by Carrie 14 Comments

There’s a reason why the name of Linnaeus is still spoken with respect more than two centuries after his death. Giving organisms standard names...

Birds

What is a Sage-Grouse?

January 10, 2005 by Mike 3 Comments

Some decisions have been made recently that will have serious ramifications for the future of the Greater Sage-Grouse. The wrangling of politicians, conservationists, and...

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