Audiovisual article: Bird friend

Illustrations by Rex Brasher courtesy of the Rex Brasher Association

by Summer Tao

 

Discover the fascinating world of urban nature as we follow a couple documenting the diverse bird life around their apartment building. This audiovisual article, written by Summer Tao with illustrations by the legendary Rex Brasher, celebrates the window ledge visitors creating their own urban sanctuary.  

Voiceover by Jamie Grace, a high school junior and emerging actor who has trained with Broadway stars, and has somehow already been to Burning Man 14 times. Video editing by Jieun Lee, a director and screenwriter who enjoys the fruits of telling untold stories in conventional and unconventional ways.

Based on the article All the goodness birds bring to our homes

Special thanks: 

Dr. Heather Luing 

Marel Gimpel

To learn more on this topic and to make your own bird friends, check out:

Birds & Blooms

House Digest

U.S. Forest Service

Science Daily 

Scientific Reports

Foreman’s Branch

Daily Maverick

King’s College London

American Institute of Stress

The New York Times 

Princeton University Press

Psychology Today

National Audubon Society

Nature Communications


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