Eep! Don’t go into the Sun! Half an hour later, two more Red-tailed Hawks spotted.

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I think the orange fungi is Golden Ear/Naematelia aurntia parasitizing Stereum.

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Back in late January, we had a week of winter. The ice on Sylvan Water was doing cool things as it melted.

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A neighbor seeing me take photos said Peregrines on this church bell-tower cross in Windsor Terrace were a common sight. I don’t pass by here frequently, but I might have to now, especially since a pair of Ps were around last breeding season. She said plucked feathers were often floating down into her backyard.

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Last Sunday was an epic day for the Brooklyn Raptor Observatory. From the forth floor, I spotted a Merlin and a Cooper’s Hawk during the morning. That’s the Coop above; no pic for the Merlin. Then, over a 3.5 hour walk, I spotted a Peregrine eating atop a Windsor Terrace church. An American Kestrel flying…

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Common on Prospect Park Lake, but uncommon on Green-Wood’s ponds. These two were on the cemetery’s Sylvan Water for at least three days recently.

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