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Re:Eating the Birds of America: Audubon's Culinary Reviews o... by alaxsxaq on Monday August 26, 2024 @02:27PM (#41360132)
I live in an area where there are plentiful eagles and I never heard of anyone eating one. I kayak around some islands in a nearby river where eagles nest and frequently encounter people at boat landings inquiring about eagle feathers. The laws around that stuff are pretty harsh - I always figured them to be under-cover Feds.
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Re:Eating the Birds of America: Audubon's Culinary Reviews o... by xattt on Monday August 26, 2024 @03:16PM (#41360705)
I don’t believe there are carnivorous and scavenger birds that are eaten for food.
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Re:Eating the Birds of America: Audubon's Culinary Reviews o... by cmrdporcupine on Monday August 26, 2024 @03:29PM (#41360865)
We eat omnivorous birds though (chickens, esp)
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Re:Eating the Birds of America: Audubon's Culinary Reviews o... by c_o_n_v_e_x on Tuesday August 27, 2024 @07:44AM (#41366491)
Sandhill cranes are omnivorous and have the nickname "ribeye of the sky." I've never tried myself as I no longer live in the US, but I've heard they are very good.
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Re:Eating the Birds of America: Audubon's Culinary Reviews o... by cmrdporcupine on Tuesday August 27, 2024 @10:42AM (#41368093)
Wow, they're beautiful birds I can't imagine shooting one. But... mmm... ribeye

When I lived in Alberta we used to see huge flocks of them.

I wonder if there's a way they could be domesticated for meat production. Probably not because migratory.

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Re:Eating the Birds of America: Audubon's Culinary Reviews o... by technothrasher on Monday August 26, 2024 @10:31PM (#41364107)
Crows are carnivorous scavenger birds that are actually eaten by quite a lot of people, at least here in the Northeastern US.
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Re:Eating the Birds of America: Audubon's Culinary Reviews o... by antimemetics on Tuesday August 27, 2024 @02:14AM (#41364957)
The beak is the best part!
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Re:Eating the Birds of America: Audubon's Culinary Reviews o... by xattt on Tuesday August 27, 2024 @09:23AM (#41367261)
Are you referring to the colloquial idiom?
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Re:Eating the Birds of America: Audubon's Culinary Reviews o... by kbelder on Monday August 26, 2024 @05:04PM (#41362158)
Reminds me of an old joke about sick eagles that ends with the punchline "ill eagle feathers!"
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Re:Eating the Birds of America: Audubon's Culinary Reviews o... by lazide on Tuesday August 27, 2024 @12:55AM (#41364670)
Well, it is a felony with significant levels of enforcement - not likely something someone is going to brag about and get away with for long.
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