We value birds in many ways: culturally, artistically, philosophically and economically. Throughout history, many of our most enduring cultural symbols have been birds, from Horus the Egyptian god of creation, often depicted as a falcon, to Quetzalcoatl, based on the Resplendent Quetzal Pharomachrus mocinno, who dominated the traditions and beliefs of the Maya and Aztec Indians of Central Ameriā¦