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Pawpaw
Pawpaw/Asimina triloba flowers hang downwards, making them a challenge to photograph. I did manage to catch a fly or two heading in, though. The color and smell of these flowers are supposed to attract carrion flies. Whatever it takes for pollination…
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Owl Update
Has it been that long since I checked in with the local Great Horned Owls? Evidently. One of the parents was perched beneath the nest the other day. And in the nest…!
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Bugging Out Walks This Month
I will be leading a couple of my famous insect tours in Green-Wood Cemetery this month on the 17th and 18th. The 18th is a walk specifically for kids. Green-Wood charges for these tours (and pays me). My Bugging Out events often sell-out, so reserve early. I strive to keep my Tours & Adventures page…
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Green Heron
A rather kingfishery pose. Though they sure can stretch. Distance and light cooperate here in displaying the greenish tinge to Butorides virescens, formerly called the Green-backed Heron. Got or know of some young ones interested in plants? In or near Brooklyn? Then tomorrow’s Meet Your Green Neighbors walk for kids and their families at Green-Wood…
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Grackle-ing
Green-Wood’s big pines attract Common Grackle for nest-building. They hide the nests well way up there. But there can never be any doubt about whether or not you have Grackles.
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Blueberry Digger
Blueberry Digger Bee/Habropoda laboriosa hard at work not on blueberry flowers, rare around here, but on Japanese Andromeda/Pieris japonica. This bee is reminiscent of the Eastern Carpenter Bee, but has a long tongue so can enter these flowers from the top, as it were, while the relatively small-tongued ECB, which is a much larger bee…
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Kestrels Update
There’s a new female American Kestrel in the local mix. This one isn’t banded, has heavy markings, and, most notably, a tail that looks like it went through the wringer. Let’s call her Tangle-tail, a designation that will fall out with molting. I’ve seen her recently in Green-Wood (what would be roughly 6th Ave &…
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