A Texas teenager started building birdhouses after losing his pet cockatiel; 5 years later, he has made 750 shelters and inspired a conservation movement across 20 states
Aamir Tinwala, a middle-schooler living through pandemic isolation begged his parents for a pet and they agreed to get him a bird, a bright yellow-faced and orange-cheeked cockatiel, whom he named Koco. This bond, inspired the Texas teen to launch a bird conservation movement that is now spread across continents and generations according to a…