There’s also a hint of that mouth-puckering, astringent flavor you get from strong black tea. Peculiar. But not unpleasant. What is it? It’s a bird dropping. A big bird dropping. From a big bird.

Millions of people around the globe spent some of their childhood watching Big Bird on Sesame Street. The giant, yellow eight ...

Caroll Spinney, who gave Big Bird his warmth and Oscar the Grouch his growl for nearly 50 years on “Sesame Street,” died Sunday at the age of 85 at his home in Connecticut, according to the ...