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Gray Seal. Photo: Steve Rappaport
Posted on March 3, 2021March 3, 2021 SMRA

The Return of the Seal

A few weeks ago, while scanning for ducks, unusual gulls, and other birds the Verplanck waterfront, a group of birders spotted a large, hump-snouted, definitely...

Posted on January 9, 2021March 2, 2021 SMRA

Those Noisy Neighbors

It had already been a long night. I’d worked late, and after finally making it to bed had tossed and turned before finally slipping into...

Posted on December 23, 2020December 23, 2020 SMRA

The River in Winter

A skim of new ice in a calm inlet. A scattering of Bufflehead ducks, each shining like a black-and-white beacon amid the river’s silvery swells....

Posted on November 23, 2020November 23, 2020 SMRA

Invaders from the North

In George R. R. Martin’s Game of Thrones, the people of The Kingdom of the North build a 700-foot-tall wall between them and the wild...

American Kestrel. Croton Point Photo: Jeffery Seneca
Posted on October 3, 2020October 9, 2020 SMRA

The Season of Comings and Goings

Recently my wife and I took an early morning walk in Croton Point Park. Again and again we were reminded that, while most of us...

Posted on September 7, 2020September 8, 2020 Backyard Habitats SMRA

It’s Noisy Out There!

Sound of insects at night in late summer

Posted on August 24, 2020August 24, 2020 SMRA

The Earliest Arrivals

“Nature abhors a vacuum,” is how the famous phrase goes. Whenever I see it, though, I always think it’s missing a follow-up sentence: “And evolution...

Posted on August 14, 2020August 14, 2020 SMRA

The World in a Weed

Ever since the first flowering plants emerged about 130–140 million years ago, they and those that eat them have been engaged in a kind of...

Photo: Steve Sachs
Posted on July 25, 2020July 25, 2020 Birding

Return of the Martin

In recent years, condo developments have sprung up all over Westchester. Sometimes it seems that practically every former industrial site, rail yard, or other piece...

Posted on July 13, 2020July 13, 2020 Sanctuaries

Taking a Closer Look

For an avid birder, springtime is an endless series of surprises, a holiday that goes on for weeks. Midsummer is something different: It has its...

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