Sportsmen were the first to protect America’s birds – by reserving birds for themselves| birdhistory.substack.com
A few months ago I wrote a piece for Bird History about eating robins. When I started researching the article, I figured it would be something short and straightforward: “Isn’t it interesting that people used to eat robins? Here are some recipes.” Of course, once I started digging in, I learned that the story was...| US Bird History
America’s first humans found a world filled with birds. Some of the most incredible disappeared with the mammoths.| birdhistory.substack.com
Every bird, big or small, was fit for the table. A unique book from 1867 catalogued 120 different kinds that people used to eat.| birdhistory.substack.com
How the earliest colonizers brought turkeys from England to America| birdhistory.substack.com