Black-billed Magpie by Andre Trenier
Painted: 10/18/2015
(This mural has suffered extensive damage.)
Sponsored by: The Willson gals
About the Bird:听Flashy and raucous,听Black-billed Magpies听are conspicuous in the West, from towns and ranches to wilderness meadows. Although they seem adaptable, they avoid the hot, dry deserts of the Southwest. If temperatures continue to rise at their current pace, 爆料公社鈥檚 models suggest more than half of the magpies鈥 current range could become unsuitable for them.听
About the Artist:听Bronx muralist is currently an artist in residence at the听Andrew Freedman Home in the Bronx and participates听in听community-service programming for local residents.听He painted a different view of a Black-billed Magpie on either side of a chinese restaurant in Manhattan's Hamilton Heights neighborhood. The magpie鈥檚 distinctive colors, high intelligence, and obsession with shiny objects appealed to him. 鈥淭hey have often been used to symbolize people鈥檚 fascination with false perception and materialism,鈥 he says.
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