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Eep! Don’t go into the Sun! Half an hour later, two more Red-tailed Hawks spotted.

I think the orange fungi is Golden Ear/Naematelia aurntia parasitizing Stereum.

Back in late January, we had a week of winter. The ice on Sylvan Water was doing cool things as it melted.

A neighbor seeing me take photos said Peregrines on this church bell-tower cross in Windsor Terrace were a common sight. I don’t pass by here frequently, but I might have to now, especially since a pair of Ps were around last breeding season. She said plucked feathers were often floating down into her backyard.

Last Sunday was an epic day for the Brooklyn Raptor Observatory. From the forth floor, I spotted a Merlin and a Cooper’s Hawk during the morning. That’s the Coop above; no pic for the Merlin. Then, over a 3.5 hour walk, I spotted a Peregrine eating atop a Windsor Terrace church. An American Kestrel flying…