Rusty Blackbird by Taylor McKimens
Painted:Ìý11/2/2014
About the Bird:ÌýTheÌýRusty Blackbird—aptly named for both its iron-tinged color and creaking song—hangs out in swampy locations in the eastern United States during the winter. When summer rolls around, it heads to northern spruce bogs in Canada to breed—and it’s this habitat that the bird is poised to lose with ÃÛèÖAPP change. Under a scenario of 3 degrees Celsius warming, 67 percent of the Rusty Blackbird’s summer breeding habitat could be lost; half of that could be saved if warming only increases 1.5 degrees.
About the Artist:ÌýAn artist now based in New York, was born in California and studied at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena. He has exhibited his works extensively, notably at Deitch Projects, New York; Macro Museum, Rome; Watari Museum of Art, Tokyo; and The Hole, New York.
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