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Raptor Wednesday
For two weeks after seeing a Red-tailed Hawk eat a male American Kestrel, I could not confirm that the parent male of the nest and then family we’ve been watching all summer was not the victim. But here he is! There was a strong clue on July 28, when a male went after a rare…
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Crows on Roof
A family of four, two juveniles and two adults, have been showing up on the roofs across the street. Some chicken bones, some bread… what more do you need? But wait, these roofs are also a young squirrel highway… They both spooked each other.
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Shakedown
One of the traditional ways of collecting insects is to beat or shake a plant, collecting all the things that fall down to a collection tray or sheet below. I’ve never done that, but I have been looking hard at the Evening Primroses recently. Oenothera are busy right now! Most of that to the left…
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Kestrels!
Worm. The American Robins were very upset. About 50 minutes later, she caught a dragonfly, a Swamp Darner (I think), our biggest regularly occurring species. This is a daughter of the nest. One of her two recently-seen brothers.
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Backyard and Beyond 