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Kelly’s been AWOL, but she’s not been idle.
You know how you get those once-in-a-lifetime opportunities that require a huge leap of faith, and a complete change of lifestyle? Well, that happened to me back in December. I was offered the chance to develop a nature center from more »
Posted in Articles, News
Tagged kelly rypkema, Laird Ogden, Nature in a New York Minute, nature minute, Tulpehaking Nature Center
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A Falcon Perches in Soho
Think there’s no wildlife on the city streets? Look up! This Peregrine Falcon hung out in Soho for an entire afternoon last week, taking in the sights (of pigeons? of starlings perhaps?) along Broadway. New York City is home to more »
Posted in Animals, Birds, Habitats of City Wildlife, Nature by the Seasons, News, Photos, Predators and Prey, Winter
Tagged falcons in NYC, Peregrine Falcon, urban wildlife, wildlife in the city
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Take the Spider Web Challenge
I wasn’t kidding when I filmed this spider episode. Go out there, find a spider web and see if you can find out which silk fibers are sticky and which are not. (Adults, I’m talking to you too. Why should more »
Posted in Animals, Fall, News, Photos, Spiders and Insects, Spring, Summer
Tagged Nature in a New York Minute, nature minute, orb webs, spider silk, spider webs, spiders
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9/11 Tribute in Light Attracts Many Eyes…and Birds
The “stars” in this photo are actually migrating birds circling around the 9/11 Tribute in Light memorial. The lights appear to draw the birds off their course, but thankfully the Municipal Art Society, which produces the memorial, is cooperating with more »
Posted in Animal Behavior, Animals, Articles, Birds, Fall, Nature by the Seasons, News, People and Nature, Spring, Wildlife Conservation
Tagged 9/11, bird migration, birds and lights, birds flying into windows, light pollution, Lights Out New York, Lights Out NY, migrating birds, Municipal Art Society, NYC Audubon, September 11th, Tribute in Light
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Got No Milk on this Farm…
…for humans anyway. To update you on one of the stars from a past episode, Clover the Cow has given birth to a cute little calf. For the time being, she’s on vacation from the milking demonstrations she does for more »
Posted in Animals, Articles, Mammals, News, People and Nature
Tagged Clover the Cow, how to milk a cow, Milk, milking a cow, Remick Country Doctor Museum & Farm
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Brick in a Stick
Tree trunks grow out, not up, and sometimes engulf whatever might have been resting on them. Someone must have placed this brick in the fork of the tree some time ago. Examples of this kind of “tree hugging” can be more »
Posted in News, Photos, Plants, Trees
Tagged how do trees grow, tree growth, tree hugging
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When Wildlife Moves In – a Modern Parable
by Michele Dudas, PSQ Naturalist Interpreter I awoke to the faintest scritching sound (you know, not quite a scratching sound…something much more quiet and tentative), in my bedroom one night. When I was fully awake, I stayed very still in more »
Living Fossils Go to Town on NYC Beaches
New Yorkers, if you go to the beach tonight, you might witness some hanky-panky involving a lot of grabbing and intertwined…carapaces? Of course you know I mean spawning horseshoe crabs. Every May and June, during high tide around the new more »
Posted in Animal Behavior, Animals, Articles, Birds, Mating and Courtship, News, Spiders and Insects, Spring, Story Bites
Tagged horseshoe crab spawning, red knot, red knot migration
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Whazzat Bird?
While photographing the first flush of spring, I was surprised to find this bird in my viewfinder. I think of them more as a woodland bird, but here he was smushed in the confines of my tiny city park. Maybe more »
Posted in Animal Behavior, Animals, Birds, Habitats of City Wildlife, Mating and Courtship, Nature by the Seasons, News, Photos, Spring
Tagged bird identification, bird song, birds, kelly rypkema, nature in the city, nature minute
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Confessions of a First-time Amphibian Wrangler
I remember the first time I saw a tadpole in mid-metamorphosis. It still had that small fishy mouth, and swimming tail…and then these strange little legs sticking out. I had studied all that in books, but to see it happening more »
Posted in Animal Behavior, Animals, Articles, Mating and Courtship, Nature by the Seasons, News, People and Nature, Reptiles and Amphibians, Spring, Wildlife Conservation
Tagged amphibians, Jefferson Salamander, kelly rypkema, spotted salamander, what is amphibian, wildlife conservation, wildlife of new jersey, Wood Frog
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