Backyard and Beyond

Starting out from Brooklyn, an amateur naturalist explores our world.

As John Burroughs said, “The place to observe nature is where you are.”

Start Your Week Right

An Eastern Kingbird perching near invasive honey bee hives.But not hunting.Doing… some calisthenics?Whoa…
Forcing up a pellet…With that done, the bird returned to zooming amongst the bees.This is a wad of exoskeleton bits. (Much like good french fries, insects are crunchy on the outside and soft on the inside, but instead of a surface layer of oil-seared carbohydrates, insects have chitin.) There were three other similar castings at the base of this tombstone.

One response to “Start Your Week Right”

  1. […] At Valley Water. Throwing up a pellet of indigestible insect bits. Camera didn’t catch the bolus, but last year…. […]

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