Merestead is a county park in Mount Kisco that features a few miles of trails and a crumbling estate. Luckily, it’s been in the news lately that the county is working on some plans for …
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Merestead, Mount Kisco
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A trip to Ireland
This August, I traveled to Ireland with my family. After a few days exploring Dublin, we headed south to West Cork, where my husband’s family is from, and where many relatives still live. From the …
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Herp Workshop: Radio Telemetry & Funnel Traps
One of my favorite parts of the herp workshop was tracking threatened turtles and snakes that had been fitted with transmitters. Radio telemetry looks a bit ridiculous, and I can imagine that it would drive …
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Improving my Photography
All winter long, I bemoaned my lack of a proper zoom lens. It’s tough to get good shots of far away birds, even if they’re as big as bald eagles, without one. I’d been using …
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EagleWatch
This evening I visited one of the Audubon Society’s EagleWatch sites on the Hudson. Each week, at each site, volunteers record conditions (such as temperature, ice on the river, cloud cover, etc.) and count how …
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Eagles and Hawks on Camera
My new battery charger arrived, so I’ve been playing with the DSLR and still seeing lots of raptors. The bus stop hawk was very cooperative on my first day carrying it around. Luckily I was …
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Raptors, raptors everywhere!
Since I began helping out with the eagle program at Teatown, I have been seeing raptors everywhere I go. Frankly, going out to the Hudson River, where a pair of bald eagles is nesting, seems …
Fern & Frog 