A global trade in exotic pets brought millions of foreign birds to America. Some of them had other plans.| birdhistory.substack.com
Inside the government’s twenty-year campaign to import the world’s most huntable birds| birdhistory.substack.com
Laysan Rails, friendly albatrosses, deadly cisterns, and conservation proposals a century before their time.| birdhistory.substack.com
For millennia, five unique birds survived in isolation on a remote Hawaiian island. Could they survive Max Schlemmer?| Bird History
Pigeon beds, superstitions, and good, hearty shaking.| Bird History
In the 19th century, birds were an intimate part of daily life| birdhistory.substack.com
The end of the 19th century was a devastating period for America’s birds.| birdhistory.substack.com
Growing up in eastern South Dakota, winters were harsh, dark, and long, often lasting until deep into April.| birdhistory.substack.com
In the 19th century, birds were an intimate part of daily life| birdhistory.substack.com
The first behind-the-scenes look at the great sources that don’t quite make it into my newsletter.| Bird History
19th-century sportsmen tried litigating their way to bird protection. Would it be enough to save wildlife?| birdhistory.substack.com
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
America’s first humans found a world filled with birds. Some of the most incredible disappeared with the mammoths.| birdhistory.substack.com
DuPont's Campaign to Exterminate the Crow| birdhistory.substack.com
How much faith can we put in the story of Utah’s state bird?| birdhistory.substack.com
Studying history is about revealing possibilities – not just uncovering past worlds but opening our eyes to worlds that could exist again.| birdhistory.substack.com
The first generation of wildlife rehabbers and their back-yard bird hospitals.| 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
A hundred years ago, students across the country fought the disappearance of wildlife by celebrating Bird Day in schools. I think it's time we bring the holiday back.| birdhistory.substack.com
Remembering the world we once shared with the Carolina Parakeet| 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
One Duck’s Journey from Pond to Table| 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
Pigeon-shooting contests were popular in the 1800s until animal rights activists shut them down — and passenger pigeons went extinct.| birdhistory.substack.com
In 1900, Washington, DC was home to bird lovers, bird hunters, bird researchers, bird educators, bird lobbyists, and yes, many actual birds.| birdhistory.substack.com
For most of its history, America was led by presidents who watched birds, hunted birds, or kept birds as pets.| 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
A hundred years ago, conservationists first identified cats as a serious threat to birds. We’re still dealing with the same challenge today.| birdhistory.substack.com
Before pesticides, birds were a farmer's best defense against bugs. And the government’s economic ornithologists could tell you exactly how much each bird was worth.| birdhistory.substack.com
Italian immigrants in the early 20th century hunted and ate songbirds, which put them in direct conflict with American conservationists.| birdhistory.substack.com
In the Progressive era, students learned to build birdhouses to end “the cruel sacrifice of birds of song by the truant school-boy”| birdhistory.substack.com
This Halloween, let’s look at how owls gained their spooky reputation.| birdhistory.substack.com
Mockingbirds are a powerful symbol in literature and music, but how well do we know the actual bird?| birdhistory.substack.com
Our buildings have been killing birds for almost 200 years| birdhistory.substack.com
One Duck’s Journey from Pond to Table| birdhistory.substack.com
Audubon’s Culinary Reviews of America’s Birds| birdhistory.substack.com
How the earliest colonizers brought turkeys from England to America| birdhistory.substack.com
