Mystery of the Missing Migrants

Painting

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Mass Audubon

Name/Title

Mystery of the Missing Migrants

Entry/Object ID

556

Tags

Accession, BW 4.4.24

Description

Mystery of the Missing Migrants by Charley Harper, acrylic

Artwork Details

Medium

Acrylic on board

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Charley Harper

Role

Artist

Date made

1992

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Frame

Height

23 in

Width

32 in

Exhibitions

Eustis Estate: On the Wing: Artworks from the Museum of American Bird Art
St. Botolph Club
Tanglewood: On the Wing: Artworks from the Museum of American Bird Art at Mass Audubon
Beguiled by the Wild: The Art of Charley Harper
For the Birds: Ten Artists, Two Centuries, Art from Mass Audubon's Collection
Wendell Gilley Museum / Inspired Flight: Highlights from the Collection of the Museum of American Bird Art

General Notes

Note Type

Artist's Note

Note

For centuries, the neo-tropical migrants in this picture have shuttled between winter homes in the tropical rainforest and nesting sites in our woodlands. Now their populations are plummeting. Why? Habitat destruction Down There? Up Here? Is your favorite songster in this flock? Each April, I listen anxiously to the dawn chorus for the return of my favorite, that world-class flutist the wood thrush. Are silent springs forthcoming? Remember the canary in the coal mine? --Charley Harper