Nature Study
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Hatch
It’s been an exciting few days at the Cornell hawk-cam. On Sunday, the first hatchling pipped its way out. Thousands of people watched as it worked all day trying to get out of…
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Right place, right time…
The girls and I were thrilled to discover a pileated woodpecker nest! Both adult woodpeckers were at the entrance when we caught sight of it. This is the male, and he is probably…
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Pond-erings
When the girls and I visited the pond at the university nature preserve earlier this week, a man was wading in the water, picking up trash. A woman was helping him, pointing out…
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Spring rambling
We took another jaunt to Ithaca on Saturday. We didn’t see as much of the hawks featured in the nest cam this time, though we did look for Ezra hunting. We saw some…
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Pontius Pileated and other woodland wonders
Finally some sun! The girls and I took advantage of it with a walk in the woods this morning. First we had to reach an agreement on where to go, and one daughter…
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Cornell Pilgrimage Part 2: Hawks
I shared in the previous post about our visit to the Cornell Lab of Ornithology on Saturday. On the way to the lab, we stopped to observe the red-tailed hawks featured in their…
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Heronry and Ornithology Field Trip
We have a heronry — a community of great blue heron nests — on the Susquehanna River not far from us. My husband and the girls and I have visited a couple of…
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Potential
As the girls and I drove home yesterday along a busy thoroughfare, I saw this hawk perched along a popular walking trail. It’s a former railroad bed transformed into a sort of sidewalk,…
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Herons
Cornell has a second nest-cam up, this one of a great blue heron nest that’s viewable from their building. It’s incredible that such a large, gangly bird starts as such a tiny egg!…
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Red-Tail Observation
Our family has been enjoying the Cornell University red-tailed hawk nest-cam this week. We even participated in the contest to name the male red-tail, suggesting “Romulus.” I thought it was pretty great, but…
