January 2016
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And Another Thing
It’s good to be the tallest thing in the neighborhood. Everybody wants to be king of the spire. If you’ve been following the blog, you’ll know the cross atop St. Michael’s at 4th and 42nd is a regular perch for Peregrine falcon(s). My latest sighting was the tail end of a drama: a Peregrine taking…
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Turf and Owl
I’ve been reading Neil MacGregor’s Germany: Memories of a Nation, a deeply thought-provocking work even with its sprawling and superficial, in the best sense, scope. I wanted to make a note of Dürer’s famous rhinoceros, highlighted in a chapter on the master, in these pages of blog, but a pebble dropped into the mines of…
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Squirrel Downtime
Two Eastern Grey Squirrels (Sciurus carolinensis) in curious resting positions on branches.
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Grackle
One of a quarrel of Common Grackles (Quiscalus quiscula) in the Ramble in Central Park.A nice illustration of the way feathers on the head can be manipulated. Puffed up above. Sleeked down below.The purple-blue sheen isn’t registering as iridescently as it did to the naked eye, but it’s getting there.
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Backyard and Beyond 