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

On Monday, our boy was around his usual haunts around the historic chapel at Green-Wood. The day before I’d seen him at the old nest site. Still no sign of a female, however. I thought he might be hunting for lizards…

But it was a Red-tailed Hawk I saw 50 minutes later who had a lizard.

If this male thinks a little lizard is going to impress this female…?

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