 Documenting this artwork has been a source of solace for Emily, especially during the COVID pandemic. One day, she came across an artist finishing up a gray hawk mural in West Harlem. She was like putting some bars on its wings. It was beginning to look really real just as I arrived. The murals highlight birds at risk of extinction due to climate change. The artists get to pick a species to paint. So Emily asked the artist, why the gray hawk?