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

Look who’s back! The Bald Eagle with the black R over 7 band, who first showed up in the spring, has lately been seen again in Green-Wood.
After eating… something, the bird stropped its bill on this branch.
The bird was banded as a nestling in 2018 in New Haven, CT.
There’s definitely more white in the head now. Same with all of us, I suppose.

One response to “Raptor Wednesday”

  1. […] Bald Eagle with a black R over 7 band, which I first saw in 2020, was hit and killed by a car on Manhattan’s West […]

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