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Exotic Wintersweet was blooming on Tuesday, which was well below avarege temperatures.* Last year’s fruits still on the shrub. *Average cold of late that is; when I was a boy the Hudson would freeze over and wolves would cross the ice from New Jersey.

A male American Kestrel jumping from one from funerary column to another.

I recently came upon a young Cooper’s Hawk astride the remains of a pigeon. The spot looked like it had been used before for plucking and eating prey. This blue! I eventually got to within 6 feet of the bird, which is the closest I’ve ever been, allowing for some nice of the squab-bloodied face.

January 3rd. pair over Industry City. January 4th, over Green-Wood Two hours later, a pair over Industry City.