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Whose woods these are…
Being out of town and much occupied with family matters, I missed last Friday’s inauguration of my friend Marielle Anzelone’s City Room series on autumn in a Manhattan forest. The second part of this weekly project, which runs until the first day of winter, comes out today this Friday. You must check it out, and…
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Prospect Park’s Litter Mob
Once on a tour, which I wouldn’t recommend, with “Wildman” Steve Brill, we bushwacked through a condom-littered section of the woods in Prospect Park, and someone said, sotto voce, “Damn, these are the safest woods I’ve ever been in.” Neighbor and blogger Marie Viljoen has been organizing a team of volunteers to clean up the…
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Autumn Equinox
At 5:05 a.m. (Eastern), the sun crosses the celestial equator and autumn begins. In NYC today, the sun rises exactly due east (6:36 a.m.) and sets exactly due west (6:44 p.m.). This much larger-than-life image of a leaf is found at the 1 Train South Ferry subway station. Art for Transit by Doug & Mike…
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New Mexico
A trip to Santa Fe, New Mexico, last week was not, needless to say, without a bit of nature. I explored the Randall Davey Audubon Center, and the Nature Conservancy’s Santa Fe Canyon Preserve, adjacent properties both an hour-long walk from the Plaza, the center of town. A mule deer — check out those big…
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Furry moth
Perched briefly on a window, this moth gives us a nice view of its (rarely seen) underside.
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Curiosities
A few of my natural history objects, removed from the bookshelf for dusting.I’m a big fan of cabinets of curiosities. My bookshelves, and other parts of my apartment and the Back 40, where the big turtle shell is to be found — I really want to make sure those carrion beetles are good and done…
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