Fiddler crabs in the tiny patch of ever-so-green right now salt marsh at Pier One. On the jumbly rocks next to it, a number of these spiders:
I have returned from a two week trip abroad. I have a new computer. I am ready to blog again.
A young New World Robin, SO different from the Old World ones, as pictured yesterday.
Variations on Legs
Published July 5, 2013 Fieldnotes 4 CommentsTags: Brooklyn, Brooklyn Bridge Park, crabs, spiders
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Your New World Robins are basically Common or Eurasian Blackbirds wearing a different costume – their scatty behavior and elements of their song are so similar!
Yes, was struck by the similarity every day in the UK, where I saw Blackbirds everywhere.
We’re a better place now that you’re back.
You’re making me blush like a Robin.