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Meadowhawks
It was a bright, cool day at Great Swamp NWR on Saturday. Insect life was particularly subdued; it is almost December, after all. I saw a fly and heard a cricket. There were a few Autumn Meadowhawks (Sympetrum vicinum), though, and presumably they are eating something. Above is a male.Here’s a a female, not nearly…
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No Filter But The Leaves
The sun is behind the brown and purple leaves of this White Oak, making some magic.
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Metasequoia Cone
Cone of the Dawn Redwood (Metasequoia glyptostroboides), which is more rectangular than the ball-shaped fruit of the similar looking tree, the Bald Cypress (Taxodium distichum). I bought one of the Baldy fruits home to photograph, too, but it fell into its constituent pieces in my bag, each heady with resin. They are put together like…
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Tree Woods
An enormous weeping willow (Salix) on 6th Avenue in Park Slope.
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Woodcock Wednesday
As I finished photographing the leaves I posted yesterday, I heard a leaf being crunched behind me. I turned and saw this Woodcock (Scolopax minor) wobbling along. Before the bird settled down, I had a fine view of its beautiful cinnamon-tinged belly. This has been the third weekend in a row I’ve seen Woodcock in…
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Sunset Park Elm
Another view of the great American Elm in Sunset Park. Two weeks after my first picture.
Backyard and Beyond 