Where Birds Meet Art . . .

The Audubon Mural Project is a public-art initiative of the National Audubon Society and Gitler &_____ Gallery that draws attention to birds threatened by climate change. It started in the Harlem and Washington Heights neighborhoods of northern Manhattan, where pioneering bird artist John James Audubon once lived and is buried; dozens of birds now perch on doors, walls, and security gates in a several-block radius. The project is informed by Audubon’s groundbreaking science report "Survival By Degrees," which found that climate change will threaten 389 birds species—at least half of all North American birds—with extinction, and that no bird will escape the impacts of climate-change-related hazards like increased wildfire and sea-level rise. The project commissions artists to paint murals of these species, and it has been widely covered in the media, including The New York Times.

A special thanks to all of our donors thus far! To find out how you can help or be a sponsor, please email us at muralproject@audubon.org.

Want to take a tour of the Harlem murals? New York City Audubon has you covered. Visit 30 installations on a Sunday morning escapade, along with John James Audubon's final resting place. More details and registration here. You can also take a self-guided tour using our printable map. When in New York City, be sure to check out the New-York Historical Society's Birds of America gallery, which now features the mural project along with John James Audubon's original watercolors. And in Illinois, be sure to check out a spin-off project in Chicago's Rogers Park, featuring 13 climate-threatened birds that use habitats in that region, or the bird murals proliferating in Rockford thanks to the work of Sinnissippi Audubon. Or if you'd like an Audubon mural in your own home, Gitler &_______ has printed a limited run of George Boorujy's stunning Gang of Warblers.

If you are an artist and would like to participate in the New York project, e-mail amp@gitlerand.com. (Because we receive a large amount of submissions, not all e-mails can be answered.) Are you a teacher who has incorporated the mural project into your science or arts class? We'd like to know that, too! Email us at muralproject@audubon.org.

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Allen's Hummingbird. Mike Fernandez/Audubon

Mural Locations

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Your donations fund the artists and supplies needed to spread the word about birds and climate change.

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Plus: How the Audubon Mural Project amounts to a new kind of birdwatching. Why the murals help people tune back in to the problem of climate change. Hear from artists and neighbors on the murals' impact. Find more press coverage here.

The Audubon Mural Project

Where Birds Meet Art . . .

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Allen’s Hummingbird by Socky

American Black Duck by Peter Daverington

American Oystercatcher by Stefen Reed

American Redstart by James Alicea

American Three-toed Woodpecker, Bullock's Oriole, Red-breasted Sapsucker by Jacinta Stewart

American White Pelican and Yellow-billed Magpie by Kristin Doeblin (ANJL)

Anhinga by Lexi Bella

Baird's Sparrow by Ralph Serrano

Bald Eagle by Peter Daverington

Bank Swallow, Common Redpoll, Northern Shoveler, White-faced Ibis by Creative Art Works

Barn Owl by Lexi Bella

Bay-breasted Warbler and Semipalmated Plover by FIFTY/FFTY

Black Tern by Laura Ramón Frontelo

Black Vultures by Marthalicia Matarrita

Black-bellied Plover by Pat Arnao

Black-billed Magpie by Andre Trenier

Black-capped Vireo by George Boorujy

Black-chinned Hummingbird by Ashli Sisk

Black-crowned Night-Heron by Esteban Ocampo-Giraldo

Black-throated Blue Warbler by minusbaby

Blackburnian Warbler and Yellow-throated Warbler by George Boorujy

The Almighty Boat-tailed Grackle by Ezo Wippler

Bohemian Waxwing and Fox Sparrow by ESPY

Brewer's Blackbird by Klone

Broad-winged Hawk by Jenevieve

Brown Pelicans by Jason Covert

Brown-capped Rosy-Finch by Yazmeen Collazo

Burrowing Owl by Jana Liptak

Calliope Hummingbird​ by Kristy McCarthy

Canada Goose by Snoeman

Canada Warbler by Andres Alvarez

Cerulean Warbler by Tom Sanford

Common Loon by Kristian Glynn

Connecticut Warbler, Nashville Warbler, Golden-winged Warbler by Shawn Bullen

Eastern Whip-poor-will by Yumi Rodriguez, Candice Flewharty, and Melanie Sokolow

Endangered Harlem by Gaia

Evening Grosbeak and Black-headed Grosbeak by Ouizi

Ferruginous Hawk​ by Ben Angotti

Fish Crow by Hitnes

Florida Scrub-Jay and Mexican Jay by Welin

Forest Park by Cern

Gang of Warblers by George Boorujy

Glossy Ibis and Lewis’s Woodpecker by Kristy McCarthy and Pelumi Adegawa

Golden-fronted Woodpecker by Juan Travieso

Gray Hawk by Marthalicia Matarrita

Great Gray Owl by Key Detail

Greater Sage-Grouse by George Boorujy

Gyrfalcon by Frank Parga

Henslow's Sparrow and Mountain Bluebird by youth artists

Hooded Oriole and Lawrence's Goldfinch by Christian Penn

Hooded Warbler by GERALUZ

Horned Grebe by Giannina Gutierrez

House Finch by Mr. Mustart

Laughing Gull by Simon Aredondo

Long-eared Owl by Greg Burak

Mallard by Graham Preston

Mangrove Cuckoo by Candice Flewharty

Montezuma Quail by Hagar Fletcher

Mountain Bluebird by Nathan Catlin

Northern Saw-whet Owl by Summer McClinton

Osprey by Soten

Ovenbird by Cern

Peregrine Falcon by Damien Mitchell

Pinyon Jay by Mary Lacy

Piping Plover by Colleen Smith

Purple Finches by Max Kauffman

Red-faced Warbler by ATM

Reddish Egret by Matthew Woodward

Roseate Spoonbill by Danielle Mastrion

Rufous Hummingbird by Yumi Rodriguez

Rusty Blackbird by Taylor McKimens

Sandhill Crane by Kim Power

Spotted Owl by Paul Nassar

Swainson's Hawk by Sarah Kenny Werner and Harlem Educational Activities Fund

Calliope Hummingbird by Kristy McCarthy

Ferruginous Hawk by Ben Angotti