In 2019 a staggering study revealed North America had lost nearly 3 billion birds since 1970 — almost 30% of the total population, with declines in both common and rare species. The figures floored even the researchers.
Bird populations are crashing. City lights are a major culprit. But ‘Bird City Certified’ San Antonio isn’t dimming its downtown—it’s turning on the River Walk’s holiday lights two weeks early.
With many research projects sidelined by COVID-19, community members in Texas and beyond can help keep a range of important research on track, from taking local water samples to
Embodied research notes toward a bird movement vocabulary.
Marisol Cortez
I met Fabiola Ochoa Torralba years ago, helping plan the International Women’s Day march. Around San Antonio she’s
We are excited to present Deceleration’s first foray into DIY publishing—an avian-themed poetry zine called Words for Birds 2020: Poetics for Pandemics. Read it here … with two
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Bird is still the word!
Join us for the 12th annual Words For Birds, a two-part event celebrating all things avian for National Poetry Month.
