The invertebrates are finally stirring.

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Nest-building. Staking out territory. (More staking.) Displaying. (Female looks unimpressed….) Shift-change at the nest. Big changes.

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Osprey are still being spotted over Valley Water in Green-Wood. One recently broke off a stick to fly off to the West Coast (of Brooklyn) for a nest. A couple of Bald Eagles sailing past the apartment, practically at eye-level (4th floor, top of the moraine), one after the other. I’ve got so much Kestrel…

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Continuing, genetically, that is. Groundhogs are usually solitary, but it takes two to make a generation, so they mate in the spring. She will den on her own and, in about 32 days, start raising a litter. The link to my Tours and Adventure pages link was incorrect the other day. This should work.

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They were grazing together. And apart. Then they came together again. (What are the whispered sweet-nothings of the Whistlepigs?)

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Too much to swallow. UPDATE: My Tours and Adventures page has been updated. Register ASAP if you’re interested in any of these, as they tend to sell out.

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“It was the whiteness of the whale that above all things appalled me.” Herman Melville, Moby-Dick.

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My first warblers of the year: a Palm above and male and female Myrtle (Yellow-rumped).

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