Painted:5/30/2015
Sponsored by:Leo Yu
About the Bird:A small, feisty flyer, the Allen’s Hummingbird nests mostly in California, where it’s adapted fairly well to suburban parks and gardens. If global temperatures rise to 3 degrees Celsius, however, the hummingbird could lose 64 percent of its summer range and 94 percent of its winter range, much of it in Mexico. Threats such as fire weather, which incinerate habitat; spring heat waves, which endanger nestlings; and urbanization could also threaten its survival.
About the Artist:Socky,bornJoshua Goody Garcia, is a Brooklyn native andartist inspired by dreams of American Folk Art,Jesus, and Elvis.A silk screen printer by profession, Socky explores his art throughdrawing,acrylic painting, and wood carving.He was drawn to the Allen Hummingbird’s aerial acrobatics. “The courtship flight of the male Allen’s Hummingbird is a frantic back-and-forth flight arc of about 25feet,similar to the motion of a swinging pendulum,” he says, “followed by a high-speed dive from about 100feet.”
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