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

The Sylvan Water Red-tailed Hawk had a single nestling who is out and about now, usually announced by a great deal of plaintive calling. I caught up with the bird the other day in a linden tree as Robins and Cardinals and others yelled unceasingly.
A foray to the nearby slope, where the bird beaked around. Is this edible?
The blue-green cere, the flesh that surrounds the nostrils, will get yellowish with age.

mthew

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