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

Not much on the raptor front this past week. I heard this one announce herself before she landed. They’re often helpful that way.

I heard American Kestrels at Machate Circle at the south end of Prospect Park and then again on 6th Avenue and the teens, but try as I might I could not see any.

(I didn’t know it was called Machata Circle; I’ve always referred to that entrance of the park as the Horse Tamers because of the MacMonnies’ statues.)

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