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

Passing Bald Eagle.
Coasting Red-tailed Hawk. On Saturday, there were four overhead at the same time.
Merlin. I regularly saw them late last year, but this was the last time I spotted one, back in the middle of January.
American Kestrel male perched on this 1960s vision of a future telecommunications center.
Female and male on the chimney pot.
The chimney pot on the right, in context. Car service antenna in center, another hot spot for perching kestrels.

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