The hybrid eclipse of the Sun this morning was mostly drowned in the clouds over the Rockaway Peninsula. A little bit of our life-giving star was briefly visible, through Nate’s DIY binocular hack, with the dark curve of Moon upon it. Still, a gorgeous morning to watch the sunrise from the oceanside end of the recently reopened Steeplechase Pier off the Coney Island Boardwalk. On the way back, we noted a male Kestrel hunting over a scrubby lot destined for a roller coaster, which made it a two Kestrel weekend.
Eclipsed
3 responses to “Eclipsed”
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So that’s what it’s like to be up that early in the morning.
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Nothing to do with your wonderful photography…Just found a dead woodcock (I think it is a woodcock) on W. 55th st in Manhattan. It has an amazingly long bill. Are there people who would want the beautiful carcass?
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Yes! Pop it in the freezer. The American Museum of Natural History may be interested or have other suggestions. Try Paul Sweet in their Ornithology Dept. sweet@amnh.org
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