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

Same banded female American Kestrel on the same tree a few days apart.

She’s still in the territory of this nesting pair:

Who are still pretty busy…

Speaking of copulating falcons, the 55 Water Street pair of Peregrines went at it the other day when I happened to tune into the falconcam. (Note: there are a couple of extra eggs in the scrape from last year, where there were no births.)

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