As a niche bird history account I gotta share that there was a run on pet canaries after 9/11 because people thought they'd help protect against poison gas, one pet store owner said "I don't want to seem unpatriotic or anything but canary business has been great ever since 9/11"

For years every time I went to NYC my dad would ask "did ya get a Coney Island hotdog?" I've still never been

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The Excitement Of Touching The Eccentric Woodcock On The Back

Which would win?

“please just stick to birds” boy do i have some news for you

Some abysmal bird jokes from 1908

An entire family of birds called flufftails. Why not.

The best key to a happy life is learning about a new kind of bird every day

Turkeys on sidewalks are one of the biggest conservation victories of the 20th century

Guano miners on Laysan Island, 1891.