In “The Whiteness of Birds,” visual culture theorist Nicholas Mirzoeff posits: “What is a bird? For the planter and colonist, it was often a pest, eating seed or fruit. For the poor and enslaved, it was a significant source of food, made into a commodity by mass killing. In settler colonial practice, the bird was rendered into a viewpoint, the bird’s-eye view that has now become fully automated and digitized.” Few animals are as multifaceted as the bird, both visually and semantically rich with symbolism and charged with political meaning. This poster examines where the bird appears in contemporary culture, shifting its shape and meaning with each transliteration.