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.”

Raptor Wednesday

Keep watching the skies!
Two Sundays ago was overcast and ready for rain. A distant passing bird, which I thought would be a gull, turned out to be a Bald Eagle heading SSW.

This was, mind you, after spotting:
A Cooper’s Hawk.
A Merlin.
And a Sharp-shinned Hawk. This one was in the Merlin Bowl — the little falcon’s theater of operations — and we initially assumed it was the Merlin again. Always be looking.
Last Thursday, another passing Bald Eagle. This time a juvenile or subadult.

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