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Raptor Wednesday
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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Woodchucks, continued
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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Mammal Monday
They were grazing together. And apart. Then they came together again. (What are the whispered sweet-nothings of the Whistlepigs?)
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Cormorant v. Large-mouth Bass
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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A Whale of a Koi
“It was the whiteness of the whale that above all things appalled me.” Herman Melville, Moby-Dick.
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Welcome Back, Warblers
My first warblers of the year: a Palm above and male and female Myrtle (Yellow-rumped).
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Raptor Wendesday
Two over Valley Water at the same time. On the Kestrel perch atop the Old Chapel. Then, several minutes later, two were over Sylvan Water, eeping away.
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Double Crests
The Double-creasted Cormorant/Nannopterum auritum‘s crests are breeding season finery.
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Mammal Monday
Dead edition, unfortunately. Mostly likely time to see them, though: White-footed Mouse/Peromyscus leucopus, probably. Striped Skunk/Mephitis mephtis, another crepuscular and nocturnal species.
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