Yes, and butterflies too.

We care

https://www.cantonrep.com/opinion/20190922/commentary-do-we-care-about-disappearing-birds

a lot

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/09/america-has-lost-quarter-its-birds-fifty-years/598318/

it's intelligent

https://www.audubon.org/news/audubon-vows-fight-trump-administrations-rollback-bird-protections