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Raptor Wednesday
One of Green-Wood’s male American Kestrels eating something in the nature of a small songbird. Everything but the feathers. I’ve seen this a few times now: even the feet get eaten, swallowed toes-up. 20 minutes later, another male. Some days later, a female. The day after that…. These were the first sightings of females I’d
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Where The Food Is
I keep seeing a flock of American Robins around the Persimmon/Diospyros virginiana trees. The extremely ripe fruit must be delicious. (These are incredible tannic until mushy ripe.)
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Ravens over Borough Hall
A pair at play. Followed by a third. (May be an offspring helping the parents.)
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Winter Blues
Blue Jays are all over in winter, but it’s a challenge to get good pictures of them. They may be stridently noisy, but they’re also rather human-shy. I’m constantly changing my course in response to their group yell-ins because they’re such a dependable raptor-alert system.
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Another roll of the duck wheel…
This time it’s a female Wood Duck on half-iced Crescent Water. Perhaps because there wasn’t that much open water, this was an unusually close-up duck, so I got some fair photos. Typically, this species paddles away to the far side of the local ponds as quick as can be. (Reflection in water reversed.)
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