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.”

Merlin Monday

Two Merlins no more than 75 yards apart. This is the second time this winter I’ve seen two at the same time. The first time was in Green-Wood; this time was in Prospect Park. I hung around for a bit to see if they would deign to notice each other, but there were no interactions.

Back in Green-Wood, on a very familiar perch. Though it had been about 3 weeks since I saw one up here.

A couple of days later in Green-Wood again, very close to that regular perch.

An eye for raptors is always looking for an anomaly. From a distance, this could be a bark-stripped branch.

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