Video Manhattan. Goldfinches, Red-winged Blackbirds & Pine Warbler.
Manhattan. Goldfinches, Red-winged Blackbirds & Pine Warbler.
Joining the usual round of titmice, chickadees, nuthatches, woodpeckers and House finch are flocks of Goldfinch, the odd Red-winged Blackbird and the rare (in winter) Pine Warbler. Climate change has adversely affected the Red-winged Blackbird, whereas Goldfinches, devout thistle eaters, are declining in sync with their grassland and open habitat breeding grounds. Warblers everywhere are in decline due to habitat fragmentation (read deforestation in the South and suburban sprawl in the North).
About Our Art Prints
Signed art prints donated by three extraordinary artists are available for purchase in our art prints store, to support the programs we are engaged in. The prints include, among others, "Last Turn Your Turn" created by Robert Rauschenberg for the Earth Summit, Christo sketches of "The Gates,” a public art event by Christo and his wife Jeanne Claude that drew millions to Central Park, and "Manifest Destiny," by Alexis Rockman, showing New York City underwater in the future as a result of climate change.