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Urban Bird Project – UTSA Libraries Pizza & Research Event “Soaring Beyond Borders – How Birds Connect Us All”

The Urban Bird Project was invited to present for the UTSA Libraries Pizza + Research event on April 8th, 2025. […]

May 7, 2025May 7, 2025By EAG2 mins read
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Yanaguana Owls

There are about 11 species of Owls that inhabit the Texas-Mexico borderlands. Many of them can even be seen or […]

February 21, 2025By EAG4 mins read
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On the Cultural Significance of Birds & Biocultural Conservation

After a few years of working on the Urban Bird Project, it still amazes me the diversity and relevance of […]

February 19, 2025May 5, 2025By kenneth.walker7 mins read
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Rodenticides Harm Raptors

  Rodenticide is poison used to kill rats and mice but often ends up harming other wildlife, especially raptors (i.e., […]

February 4, 2025February 10, 2025By EAG3 mins read
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“Scholar Highlight: Getting to Know Lauren Granger” by Mariel Ortega

It’s a typical day at elementary school. Students sit at their desks, notebooks, pencils, and favorite erasers at the ready […]

January 23, 2025January 24, 2025By EAG6 mins read
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Indigenous Feather-Keeping and Healing Practices with Coahuiltecan Elder Masauki and his Guest Elder Milo Colton

On October 24th, 2024, Coahuiltecan Indigenous Elder Masauki Zepeda visited our campus and brought healing to our classroom setting with […]

November 8, 2024January 17, 2025By EAG1 min read
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Making New Friends While Bird Walking

One of our favorite occurrences when bird walking is when we make new friends. While bird walking with Rafa, we […]

October 21, 2024October 21, 2024By carolinahinojosaurbanbird1 min read
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UTSA Special Collections – Archives Day!

On September 5, 2024, students from the Environmental Justice Urban Bird Project had a brilliant time visiting and interacting with […]

September 10, 2024October 21, 2024By carolinahinojosaurbanbird1 min read
The 𝐔𝐫𝐛𝐚𝐧 𝐁𝐢𝐫𝐝 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭 invites you to join a 𝑩𝒊𝒐𝒄𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒂𝒍 𝑩𝒊𝒓𝒅𝒘𝒂𝒍𝒌 at 𝑻𝒂𝒎𝒐̄𝒙 𝑻𝒂𝒍𝒐̄𝒎 𝑭𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝑭𝒐𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒂𝒕 𝑷𝒂𝒅𝒓𝒆 𝑷𝒂𝒓𝒌 as we close out the Spring 2025 semester. We plan to start the day with some birding around the Food Forest, followed by Indigenous knowledge sharing from Jesus Jose Reyes Jr. and Nadia Gaona. UBP invites You to join us for 𝒔𝒍𝒐𝒘 𝒃𝒊𝒓𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 at Westside Creek with Mark Menjívar @mjmenjivar (San Antonio-based artist) and Dr. Amelia King-Kostelac (UBP Co-Director). 𝑫𝒊𝒈𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒍 𝑮𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑬𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒉 𝑷𝒆𝒅𝒂𝒈𝒐𝒈𝒚 𝑾𝒐𝒓𝒌𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒑 Please see our UPDATED 𝐒𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐥𝐞 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 and join us on these upcoming events! The 𝑼𝑹𝑩𝑨𝑵 𝑩𝑰𝑹𝑫 𝑷𝑹𝑶𝑱𝑬𝑪𝑻 is excited to share the announcement for our upcoming team-taught course offered this Fall 2025 semester at UTSA - The University of Texas at San Antonio: You are invited to join the Urban Bird Project for our presentation to the UTSA Libraries Pizza + Research group: Last month, Urban Bird Project 2025 Spring Scholars joined Terra Advocati, A Todo Dar Productions, the Traditional Center for Indigenous Knowledge and Healing, and Galeria E.V.A. for the first part of Huertos Familiares. ~~~ POSTPONED ~~~ Please join 🐦𝚄𝚛𝚋𝚊𝚗 𝙱𝚒𝚛𝚍 𝙿𝚛𝚘𝚓𝚎𝚌𝚝🐦 this Friday, March 7th from 9am to 2pm at Galeria EVA, for a community workday and platica as part of the family gardens project.

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