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

One of Green-Wood’s male American Kestrels eating something in the nature of a small songbird.

Everything but the feathers. I’ve seen this a few times now: even the feet get eaten, swallowed toes-up.

20 minutes later, another male.

Some days later, a female.

The day after that…. These were the first sightings of females I’d seen in almost a month.

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