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

Female American Kestrel perching for a moment or two across the street recently.
Here she’s eyeballing a Gray Squirrel scampering across the rooftops…

mthew

One response to “Raptor Wednesday”

  1. Chuck McAlexander

    A gray squirrel might be a bit too ambitious a task for a kestrel to tackle, but stranger things have happened. They can eat pigeon when they are in a particularly feisty mood.

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