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Poison Ivy/Toxicodendron radicans Virginia Creeper/Parthenocissus quinquefolia Black Tupelo/Nyssa sylvatica Waxy coatings on recently emerged leaves. (The red coloration is defensive against strong sunlight on the baby leaves.)

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A Peregrine on the statue of Justice atop Brooklyn Borough Hall. Ten years ago, I saw a similar perch and have been glancing up there ever since on my infrequent visits to the area. A friend who is also a serious Peregrine tracker captured a similar photo a few weeks ago. This may be the…

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We had a couple days of temperatures in the 80s, exciting all the critters, but then things plummeted into overnight 30s. Here’s a small bee clutching a baby oak leaf on a cool morning. Here’s another sucking up some rays on a leaf. But getting back to the hot days: These are all solitary-nesting bees,…

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A pair of Peregrines flying together over Green-Wood recently. Another day, over the same patch, there was fierce little boomerang chase that I first thought was two American Kestrels. But it was the Merlin above and this male Kestrel: After he’d defended his territory. And another Osprey sighting… .

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American Lady/Vanessa virginiensis Green Heron/Butorides virescens Small Milkweed Bug/Lygaeus kalmii in a patch where the milkweed has just emerged. Sand Cherry/Prunus pumila, newly planted. Very active with bees, etc. Asian Lady Beetle/Harmonia axyridis, the first of many. Spongy Moth/Lymantria dispar Orchard Orbweaver/Leucauge venusta

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A distant view of Nest 2 pair. I hustle over, but before I’m closer one of them flies. I immediately look towards the nest the next block over as the likely place they’re flying to: Yup. It’s the male. Starting a shift on the egg(s). Here’s momma. She’ll get some sun, bathe/groom, eat, maybe chase…

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