Starting out from Brooklyn, an amateur naturalist explores our world.
As John Burroughs said, “The place to observe nature is where you are.”
I saw my first Evening Grosbeak in 2012 in Prospect Park. That was a female. This might possibly be the first male I’ve seen. Seen in Green-Wood today.
Coccothraustes vespertinus: this binomial could be translated as “kernel-shatterer of the west/evening.” That big beak crushes the opposition (seeds/nuts/kernels). The Latin vespertina means both evening and west.
Wonderful sighting!
“kernal shatterer” would seem to apply to finches also.
I brought out my hummingbird feeders today.
They don’t typically show up for another three weeks here on the Cape, but I figured it’s a warm spring, despite a rather intense snow squall last Friday.
Something I’ve been wondering about…
As an apartment dweller do you do any window boxes, rooftop, or front step gardening? Indoor plants?
We adopted the houseplant in the hallway when we moved in.
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