Sportsmen were the first to protect America’s birds – by reserving birds for themselves| birdhistory.substack.com
How do you make millions of feathered hats? By killing billions of birds.| birdhistory.substack.com
Behind the murderous trend that launched the conservation movement| birdhistory.substack.com
Robins were a popular American dish for hundreds of years. What did it take to get them off the menu?| birdhistory.substack.com
Enslaved men and women in America’s South developed their own ornithology. To them, birds meant forced labor. But they also meant food, opportunity, and sometimes even freedom.| birdhistory.substack.com
If you've never heard of a canvasback, you're not alone. But a hundred years ago, this duck was America’s most famous — and most exclusive — dish.| birdhistory.substack.com
How the earliest colonizers brought turkeys from England to America| birdhistory.substack.com