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Mammal Monday
They were grazing together. And apart. Then they came together again. (What are the whispered sweet-nothings of the Whistlepigs?)
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Cormorant v. Large-mouth Bass
Too much to swallow. UPDATE: My Tours and Adventures page has been updated. Register ASAP if you’re interested in any of these, as they tend to sell out.
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A Whale of a Koi
“It was the whiteness of the whale that above all things appalled me.” Herman Melville, Moby-Dick.
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Welcome Back, Warblers
My first warblers of the year: a Palm above and male and female Myrtle (Yellow-rumped).
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Raptor Wendesday
Two over Valley Water at the same time. On the Kestrel perch atop the Old Chapel. Then, several minutes later, two were over Sylvan Water, eeping away.
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Double Crests
The Double-creasted Cormorant/Nannopterum auritum‘s crests are breeding season finery.
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Mammal Monday
Dead edition, unfortunately. Mostly likely time to see them, though: White-footed Mouse/Peromyscus leucopus, probably. Striped Skunk/Mephitis mephtis, another crepuscular and nocturnal species.
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Two New NYC Nature Books
New York City is of course a fantastic place to see birds—and other lifeforms, as you readers know—through the year, a fact that plenty of people both here and elsewhere still aren’t savvy to. Urban nature, inevitably given the urbanization of the world, is getting a lot more attention than it used to, and our…
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Pigeon
This chimney pot is a regular American Kestrel perch. But this foggy day it hosting an all-white feral pigeon. No bands on this bird, although it does look fancy.
Backyard and Beyond 