Owls are famous for the pellets of undigestible bones and fur they regurgitate up, both other birds do it as well. Gulls, kingfishers, and raptors, to name a few. I suspect a Cooper’s Hawk here. This has Northern Flicker feathers attached, embedded.

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Or, I’ve got some nutmeat and I think I’ll stash it.

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The alarms of the nuthatches, the sirens of the Blue Jays. There’s something in that Yew.

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Most of the leaves have fallen, but winter’s storms are yet to come. So now’s the time to see the remains of the paper nests built up by Bald-faced Hornets/Dolichovespula maculata this year. I’m always surprised by how many of them are in my very urban neighborhood, around Sunset Park, Green-Wood Cemetery, and even the…

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Breakfast is the most important meal of the day.

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Sunflower seed from a bird feeder. Wasp! From foraging in the ground litter.

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Dipping into an elevated watering hole.

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Oh, hello! That’s one of yesterday’s post’s Red-shouldered Hawks in the background.

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