Personal memory by Ela D.
2018 CE • Himachal Pradesh, India
My family always saw these birds that would come in pairs to the Himalayas. Now fewer come each year due to habitat loss and war in their migration path.
Memory submitted at One Life: Maya Lin, National Portrait Gallery, 2022-2023
Image: Arturo de Frias Marques, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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