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In consideration of the uncontrolled wildfires in Canada that caused record-breaking hazardous air quality and habitat destruction, I wanted to visit the New York City Audubon Mural Project.​

The Mural Project aims to raise awareness about birds threatened by climate change by featuring over 314 species of endangered birds.

The project is a public art initiative that commissions artists to paint murals of each threatened bird in various neighborhoods around all around New York City with the majority in Upper Manhattan.

Fish Crow by Hitnes

During the peak of the wildfire smog, New York City was hit hard with the worst air quality the city has ever seen.

In my previous blog post, I wrote about the implications hazardous air quality and habitat loss could have on wildlife and endangered birds in particular.​

It’s significant.

Red-faced Warbler by ATM

In that article, I also wrote about Audubon’s Survival by Degrees Project which generates simulations of maps showing how climate change directly impacts the natural range of over 389 bird species that are on the brink of extinction.

If you haven’t already, check it out. These are changes we could see in our lifetime.

Source: Audubon’s Survival by Degrees Project​

So many birds are critically endangered and so much of the harm being inflicted on them in a direct result of human-generated carbon emissions.

My sister and I decided to go visit the murals last weekend in hopes of sharing this broader message...

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