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Timber! It’s Timberdoodle Season
Saw six on my last excursion out three days ago. As is typical, they saw me first and bolted. Social distance geniuses! Here’s another. A crappy photo, but giving some suggestion of the gorgeous russet belly.
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The View From Here
I hope everybody staying inside as much as possible has something to look at outside. If I may say so, the view from here is one of the best damn ones in the city, especially considering its price. I recently wrote about hawk-watching from the living room for the Clapper Rail. But there are also…
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Sheltering-in-Place
Tucked in. Doorman. Deep embedding. That’s a squirrel snout visible in this floor-through. Two hours later, this Great Blue Heron was still there.
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Midge
Non-biting midge bigger than your average fly, characteristically holding his forelimbs out in front. The feathery antennae are reminiscent of some moths. Probably cold, letting me get the phone camera close up.
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You’ve Heard of Moonrise
Well, this is Cardinal rise… The Cardinals in Green-Wood are going full throttle. There’s is also a local one who likes to sit in a tree in the backyard across the street. He’s a small red speck to the eye, but his cheer-cheer-cheer voice travels. And boy, is that clarion welcome right now! Spring arrived…
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Blooming Now
Red maple. Wych elm. Apple. Cherry. Star magnolia. Ginkgo. Henbit deadnettle. (These are tiny, you’ll need to get down on your knees to see the detail.)
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Raptor Wednesday
If you crossed Rear Window and The Birds… The local American Kestrels making more little falcons. Copulation lasts about ten seconds. Frequency seems to be key. They’ll do it multiple times a day, totaling hundreds of times over the pre-brooding period.
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Sturnus vulgaris
It’s damned invasives for the beginning of the week here at B & B. Starlings.
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Passer
House Sparrows love these stop light support structures. Love them! There’s often a pair nesting in each end. The male is keeping a very sharp eye on me. A species hardly ever noticed. This is another male near the nest shown above. Here is another: They’re awful sociable.
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Eristalis tenax
An early flying Common Drone Fly (Eristalis tenax). An introduced species. A bee mimic. Their flight season is long, from mid-March to mid-November, but this was the only one seen this day a week ago. *** Spring’s solace is dependent upon the winter, the bright awakening from cold and dormancy, the “green fuse” lit amidst…
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