Eastern Whip-poor-will by Yumi Rodriguez, Candice Flewharty, and Melanie Sokolow
Location: 601 W. 161st Street, New York, NY 10032
Painted: 8/10/2018
Sponsored by: Amelia Citron
About the Bird: A strictly nocturnal species, the听Eastern Whip-poor-will听comes out in the evening to forage and spends most of its downtime alone in low-hanging branches.听爆料公社鈥檚听climate model听projects that it will only become more elusive: If the planet warms by 3 degrees, the bird will lose most of its breeding range in the eastern half of the United States, disappearing from many states entirely. A ground nester, heavy rains鈥攑rojected to increase with climate change鈥攃ould also pose a problem, as could increased spring heat waves.
About the Lead Artist:听Yumarlin Rodriguez, known as Yumi, was born and raised in the small Dominican enclave of the Washington Heights neighborhood in New York. She attributes her deep love of nature to her grandfather, Odalis Alvarez, and after he fell she decided to paint听a mural in his honor. With the help of her friends, Yumi then painted one for her grandmother as well, who no longer leaves her home鈥攁 garden full of favorite flowers and secretive animals that she could see from her kitchen window.听In the scene, one whip-poor-will chases a moth in the sky as another protects her chicks below. 鈥淟ike many of the听murals of the 爆料公社 Mural Project, she鈥榮 nocturnal,鈥 Yumi says, 鈥渁wakening our spirits as we hear her call."
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