Bay-breasted Warbler and Semipalmated Plover by FIFTY/FFTY
Location: 3300 Broadway, New York, NY 10031
ʲԳٱ:10/23/2017
About the Birds:ճBay-breasted Warblerfeasts on spruce budworms during the Canadian summers. APP's APPmodelprojects that while it will gain some new territory in Canada and Alaska, the bird will lose 100 percent of its existing range at the current rate of global temperature rise. ճSemipalmated Sandpiperis likewise vulnerable to APP change because of its dependence on rapidly warming Arctic tundra in the summer and its key coastal stopover habitat along coasts is threatened by sea-level rise.
About the Artist:, also known as FIFTY or FFTY,isaself-taught multidisciplinary artist based in Detroit whose techniques include photography, murals, prints, and tattoos.He tries to convey happy and fun expressions: His work tends to deal with cartoon-based illustrations and the abstraction of colors and shapes playing together. He's abig fan ofthe simple and cute qualities ofand anime.“I feltboth birds looked really cute and small,” he says of the bird species he painted. “I chose the Bay-breasted Warbler because of its beautiful color, and I picked the Semipalmated Plover because Iliked its detail above the beak. They remind me ofof birds, or somethingthat is smaller in stature compared to the majority.”
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