April 2014
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Green-Wood is Red-Head Country
The Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus) who came to stay? An unusual species for Brooklyn, this bird over-wintered in Green-Wood, and quite locally, too: this is the same tree — snags are perfect habitat for them — I photographed it in back in January. You can see how the red feathers of the head have really…
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Water Street Peregrines
For the last couple of months, I’ve periodically seen a single Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) hanging around the scrape at 55 Water Street. This is an established nesting site, complete with nest cams (but the website hasn’t been updated since 2011). Most of the time I’ve looking (optically enhanced, you can bet) from the other…
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Oh, Jackie!
The creature that lives in the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Reservoir in Central Park has rarely been seen. This 1889 photograph by Otto Sarony, from the files of the New-York Hysterical Society, is the only known authenticated image. It was taken well before the popular naming of the creature, which used to be known simply as…
Backyard and Beyond 