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For the past six years, the Audubon Mural Project has enlisted artists to paint more than 120 avian species threatened by climate change on building walls in New York City’s northern Manhattan. The most recent work—a stunning mosaic of two Trumpeter Swans, built from recycled and donated glass, ceramic, and mirror—stands out from the flock. Created

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