Is big bird a girl?

Big Bird. ... Big Bird is the main protagonist of the children's television show Sesame Street. Officially performed by Caroll Spinney since 1969, he is an eight-foot two-inch (249 cm) tall bright yellow anthropomorphic canary. He can roller skate, ice skate, dance, swim, sing, write poetry, draw, and even ride a unicycle. read more

Vogel also performs Big Bird (voice and puppetry) in live appearances, Chrysler commercials, The Furchester Hotel, and will be voicing Big Bird in new material for Season 48 of Sesame Street after Spinney's semi-retirement. read more

Well, we were discussing this at lunch--I was babysitting! O.K. Big Bird is a boy bird with a squeaky voice. If he was a girl bird there would have been some "eggs" by now, and that would have been public television's media event of the century! read more

Caroll Spinney, the puppeteer behind Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch, answers some of your questions. read more