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Tag: nature

Featured Vendor: Wren Papers

by Jen G November 21, 2013November 20, 2013

Maybe it’s because I am bird obsessed but I do love the name Wren Papers, a featured vendor at our Holiday Market that offers unique journals, stationery, prints, and jewelry, often […]

(Not) Forgotten Greenpoint: Transmitter Park – Attack of the Killer… Mockingbirds?

by Jen G July 11, 2013July 11, 2013

Okay, “killer” is an exaggeration. A reader wrote in to tell us a funny, but at the same time a little frightening story about her recent run in with an […]

Report A Tree: Treedom Project Frees Brooklyn Trees From Killer Bike Locks

by Jen G May 14, 2013May 14, 2013

As if we need another reason to complain about reckless bicyclists on the streets of Brooklyn – not only do they put their own lives at risk in order to […]

Birdwatching On Maspeth Creek Tomorrow (4/26)

by Jen G April 25, 2013April 22, 2013

Birding season is upon us! Our feathery friends are returning from their winter vacations and making nests and making babies! Man, I wish I didn’t have to go to dumb […]

Sunday Snaps: Magnolia Trees in Brooklyn

by Jen G April 21, 2013April 21, 2013

Everyone goes nuts about the Cherry Blossoms, but the true stunners are the Magnolia Trees, which make the most glorious giant pink and white flowers that only last a week. […]

Sunday Snaps: It’s A Cruel – Cruel Spring

by Jen G April 7, 2013April 7, 2013

Do we all agree that spring sucks this year? Those electric blue skies, humping brown birds, bursting daffodils and even blooming cherry blossoms – but the damn cold won’t quit! […]

Peregrine Falcon Lunch Date at Martin Luther High School

by Jen G December 13, 2012

I got an exciting email from K, who works at Martin Luther School in Maspeth. Yesterday, what she believed was a hawk joined the students for lunch, enjoying a freshly […]

Good Morning Cooper’s Hawk: Sunday Snaps

by Jen G December 2, 2012

Sometime, just one moment can set your day on the right course. This Cooper’s Hawk, the same I believe that we watched last year around this time stuffing its face […]

McGolrick Park Birds: Warblers, Creepers, Sapsuckers

by Jen G October 19, 2012October 24, 2012

In a span of a few days we saw some pretty cool birds in McGolrick Park. After we went on an epic birding expedition to Owl’s Head Park in Bayridge, […]

McGolrick Park Bird Sightings: Nuthatch & Warbler

by Jen G October 12, 2012October 11, 2012

The fun part about birding is finding a bird when you aren’t even looking for one. I was admiring a beautiful tree in McGolrick Park which Jon identified as a […]

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