Black-chinned Hummingbird by Ashli Sisk
Location: 601 W. 149th Street, New York, NY 10031
Painted: 5/16/2015
(This mural has since been removed.)
About the Bird: The Black-chinned Hummingbird is thought to already be moving north and east in response to climate change, and 爆料公社鈥檚 models show that the bird鈥檚 summer range will continue to extend into states like North and South Dakota. At the current pace of warming much of the habitat where it overwinters in the southern United States, including in Louisiana and Florida, will no longer be suitable, however, and the bird will also be vulnerable to threats like increased fire and spring heat waves.
About the Artist: splits her time between her studio practice and community-mural making largely through the nonprofit Creative Art Works. She has a background in anthropology, metaphysics, and veterinary medicine and a degree from the San Francisco Art Institute. Her work has been exhibited internationally. 鈥淭he Black-chinned Hummingbird lives on the edge, flower to flower, at a breakneck speed much like the people of New York,鈥 she says of her avian subject. 鈥淭hey also perform the important role of pollinator, and I wanted to call attention to that role, and how the diversity of blooming plants hinges on birds, bees, butterflies, and bats.鈥
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