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Raptor Wednesday
Early Saturday morning, we heard a screechy Mockingbird outside. And kept hearing it. It wasn’t until I was practically next to the window that I saw the why. Two Northern Mockingbirds were harrying this Red-tail. Note that there are still some juvenile striped feathers on this hawk. This is one of last year’s fledglings, probably…
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Recently Spotted:
FYI: The Empire State Pollinator Native Pollinator Survey 2017-2021 is out. From the executive summary: “We found that, using conservative criteria, 38% of New York’s native pollinators (of our focal taxa only) are at risk of extirpation from NY. In the worst-case scenario, as much as 60% of the native insect pollinator fauna may be…