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.”

Christmas with the Raptors IV

Did I mention that one windy day this fall, I saw four Red-tailed Hawks at the same time from the windows? They do love to face the wind and float.
Here’s a Red-tail on the Twitter-famous car service antenna, the highest perch for blocks. Here’s a Peregrine.
Cooper’s hawk.
Red-tailed, Peregrines, and Cooper’s hawks are uncommon up here on the antenna. More typical is the local male American Kestrel, usually seen there every day. Here he has some company, a couple of American Crows (IDed by their voices).
Here, from a bit closer.

And some extras for Nittel Nacht!

2 responses to “Christmas with the Raptors IV”

  1. A merry Christmas to you and you family. Thanks for the last year full of photos and commentary.

  2. Happy Christmas Matthew. Another great year in pictures! Thank you.

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