Painted: 8/9/2022 About the Bird: This 250-foot-long mural on the eastern edge of Montefiore Square is a visual “love letter” from youth artists to the Hamilton Heights neighborhood where it is located. The design includes a Yellow Warbler, a welcome springtime sight in New York City and across the United States. The warbler's bright, sweet song and open, cuplike nest are clues to its presence in woods, thickets, and even gardens. Though the Yellow Warbler is widespread today, rising temperatures are poised to push the species out of its breeding range in most of the lower 48 states. Keeping warming to just 1.5 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels could preserve half of that range. The youth artists added two more birds to the mural, including a Peregrine Falcon, a species that has since bounced back from the devastation caused by DDT and other pesticides. Today the raptor is a year-round resident of New York City and regularly nest on all of its bridges...