1/17/2023 0 Comments A bird story![]() ![]() “What would happen if a real bird came by?” Of the red-tailed hawk, a teenager asked, “Is it a falcon? I used to see many in this area but not anymore.” The author shares a Red-tailed Hawk specimen with a young girl in Brooklyn, part of Explore Birds with Street Lab. I took quick notes of most of the interactions with participants during one of our Chinatown pop-ups. ![]() I am a chronic jotter and so always carry a notebook with me. The visitors to our science stations ranged in age and ethno-racial identity. Five years ago, I partnered with Street Lab to design a nature education project called Explore Birds, in which we presented pop-up exhibits of taxidermied birds in historically underserved New York City neighborhoods such as Chinatown.Ī program of Washington Square Park Eco Projects, Explore Birds aims to showcase New York’s urban bird diversity using study skins, bio-facts, and other materials.
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