Why yes, I do garden for habitat. Why do you ask?
(Visiting my garden right now.)
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/160794542
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And later that afternoon ...
#Birds #BirdsOfMastodon #Aves #Catbird #GrayCatbird #Dumetella #Mimidae #HabitatGardening #Brooklyn #NYC #NewYorkCity
And today, the Ceratina (Zadontomerus), small carpenter bees, are flying. Females overwintered as adults from last year in dry, pithy plant stems from two years ago I left standing. They will nest in the same stems, if possible. This year's generation will nest in different stems I left standing from *last* year. And so on.
If I had cut down everything this Spring, or Fall, I would have destroyed their nests and broken their reproductive cycle.
Just now in my backyard: a lifer bird for me.
Can I habitat, or what?!
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/161273138
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They came back!
(Video, but no sound needed.)
Brooklyn is on the Atlantic Flyway. I'm just a half-mile south of Prospect Park, a fave/famed birding spot.
From the start, I've designed my backyard, using native plants, like a clearing in the woods. It works.
All kinds of birds drop in, especially during Spring/Fall migrations. The stone birdbath is a favorite. Berries Summer & Winter.
#Birds #Aves #Vimeo #Video #ScarletTanager #HabitatGardening #Brooklyn #NYC
Two days ago, I had another birdbath visitor: a female yellowthroat!
#Birds #Aves #Vimeo #Video #YellowThroat #Warblers #Parulidae #HabitatGardening #Brooklyn #NYC
And this afternoon, I had an even more uncommon visitor to my backyard: a female magnolia warbler.
I've only seen one in my garden twice before, five years ago, and ten years ago! So I guess I was due for a quinquennial visit.
#Birds #Aves #Vimeo #Video #MagnoliaWarbler #Warblers #Parulidae #HabitatGardening #Brooklyn #NYC
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