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Bugs Out
An eruption of warmth on Saturday took the temperature into the high 70s (F). Everybody was out and about! Lots of firsts of the year sightings were noted. And then, overnight, down went the mercury: Sunday’s high was 55, and not an arthropod was to be seen. Except for a baby spider hiding in a…
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Osprey
My second sighting of an Osprey this year was like the first, at Valley Water, only I was closer and the light was much better. This one is banded, but those federal bands are pretty hard to read unless the bird is in hand. In years past, Osprey nesting in Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge were…
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Upcoming Bug Tours
I will be leading a couple of my famous insect tours in Green-Wood Cemetery on May 17th and 18th. The 18th is a walk specifically for kids. Green-Wood charges for these tours (and pays me). My Bugging Out events often sell-out, so reserve early. On June 14th, I will be leading an insect and the…
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Kestrel Action
Over an hour and a half last Saturday, we observed the Kestrels mating three times. This second time was the most spectacular from our cameras’ point of view. According to my camera clock, this particular copulation lasted 8 seconds. About 20 minutes later, the male captured a Northern Italian Wall Lizard. Which he then gave…
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Raptor Wednesday
This perch was very popular with American Kestrels last fall. This day, this Merlin was lord of all they surveyed. How many Merlins are around? These last two pictures were from a very overcast day; when we had three sightings of Merlin. The first two sightings were probably the same bird, being in the same tree…
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Spring Flying In
The first arrivals. Eastern Phoebe Tree Swallow Osprey! With a big Goldfish plucked out of Valley Water.
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Mourning Cloaked
March 18th: I see my first Mourning Cloak. Having successfully overwintered as an adult, the butterfly takes to the sunny day—rather swiftly.
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