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Locust Borer
Such a spectacular beetle, Megacyllene robiniae, and lately all over the goldenrods as they mate. (It’s the larvae that bore through black locust trees.) With a bonus caught-by-the-camera fly in the ‘hood.
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Oystercatcher Working Group Reporting In
I reported a couple of colored bands on American Oystercatchers to the AMOWG last month. I’ve received reports back, allowing me to see where else these birds have been reported. This one (yellow 8U horizontal), which I’ve seen twice at Plumb Beach during August, was banded at Breezy Point on 4/19/2013. Breezy Point is 2…
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Small Bees
The Perdita are the most diverse of North American bees. They’re also known as “fairy bees” because they can be as small as 2mm long. There are over 600 species, most are in the dry southwest US and northern Mexico. Fewer than 30 species are found east of the Mississippi, however, and barely a handful…
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Raptor Wednesday
On the city’s edges, at Plumb Beach and Fort Tilden, the Osprey action is a constant.
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When Terns Attack
This guy working on something on a floating dock at Brooklyn Bridge Park was not being appreciated by a local Common Tern. You tell ’em! Long before I was into birds I was set upon by a host of either Common or Forster’s Terns on a beach on Nantucket during breeding season. Tern, duck! Duck,…
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