It’s so nosy on around the bridge, what with construction, traffic, more construction at Fulton Ferry, the harbor, etc., that I could barely hear the Raven calling from up on the wires. This one, on a near by building, was more audible. There were nests all around. Pigeons are probably also nesting on the bridge.…

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Female American Kestrel on the car service antenna. I’ve now seen Starlings enter the cornice hole I’d seen her fly into twice, so that doesn’t look like the nest site after all. Yet she’s still here in the neighborhood. Male American Kestrel by the Monk Parakeet nest at Green-Wood’s main entrance. I’ve now seen these…

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On the fresh young leaves of a pin oak (Quercus palustris), the globular galls of the Succulent Oak Gall Wasp (Dryocosmus quercuspalustris). Also on the catkins. The binomial alludes to their being found on this species of oak, but this gall ID database notes that they can be found on other oak species as well. I’ve…

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Passing the hat.

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A nice patch of spring beauties was mowed over in Green-Wood last week. The death-cult of the lawn is still triumphant. We should honor our dead with life, living plants and the animals they foster. This Oblique-banded Pond Fly (Sericomyia chrysotoxoides) was found on another, larger patch more recently. City Nature Challenge starts today.

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The last time I saw the local American Kestrels together was on April 20. I assume the female is incubating now. (The male will sit on eggs, but the female does most of this work.) I’ve seen the male a few times since. I only pass through these parts twice a day, though. I’ve now…

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