More people are watching the birds. But there are fewer of them to watch. What can the birds tell us? How have we treated them over the years? What will our combined futures look like?
The Pandemic: How Have Birds and Other Wildlife Responded?
https://www.audubon.org/news/a-year-pandemic-how-have-birds-and-other-wildlife-responded
Bird-watching soars amid COVID-19 as Americans head outdoors.
Millions of people are birdwatchers, with masses of clubs and groups in different countries across the globe
https://chirpbirding.com/blog/81/how-popular-is-birdwatching/
As the earth warms, birds are literally our “canaries in the mine”.
https://www.audubon.org/climate/survivalbydegrees
The Effects of Climate Change in 3 Birds
https://time.com/3319416/birds-climate-change/
Looks That Killed: The Fashion of Extinction
https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2016/06/looks-kill-fashion-extinction/
Humans are behind the extinction of hundreds of bird species over the last 50,000 years.
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/08/210811113120.htm
Rosalie Edge: a forgotten hero of our natural world whose brave campaign to protect birds charted a new course for the environmental movement
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/how-mrs-edge-saved-birds-180977167/
The World’s First Refuge for Birds of Prey
How are the birds doing in your area? Do you watch them or feed them? Who's taking care of them? What are the birds telling YOU??
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-55795816
Grand Challenge: Understanding and Sustaining a Biodiverse Planet
ERC Grand Challenges: For project design, for inquiry, for activism
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