American Black Duck by Peter Daverington
Location: Halletts Point, Queens, NY 11102
Painted:听4/25/2019
Sponsored By: The Durst Organization
About the Bird:听Often found mingling with the more opportunistic Mallard, the听American Black Duck听is a staple in Eastern听marshes and winter woods. The species is already struggling from decades of hunting and habitat conversion; now climate change is adding听another wrinkle to its survival.听爆料公社鈥檚 climate models show it could lose 32 percent of its summer range in the future, including much of its stronghold along the U.S. Atlantic Coast.
About the Artist:听听is a painter and musician听from Melbourne, Australia, currently living and working in Beacon, New York. He completed an MFA at the Victorian College of the Arts at the听University of Melbourne听and has been commissioned to paint public murals in Argentina, Australia, China, Egypt, Germany, Guatemala, and Turkey. 鈥淚 chose the American Black Duck because its听natural habitat is next to the mural location on New York City's听East River,鈥 he says. 鈥淭hese are true New Yorker ducks: They're street wise; they're handsome;听and the heart of their听range is in the Northeast.鈥
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This mural can only be viewed from across the water on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. For the听best perspective, visit the ferry terminal at East 90th Street, off the FDR Drive. See