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Morning Mug: “On Earth There Is No Heaven, But There Are Pieces Of It.” — Jules Renard

Photo by Kathy Kalayci.Morning Mug is our daily showcase of photographs from our readers. If you have a photograph that you’d like to see featured, send it to photos@sheepsheadbites.com. Also, follow us on Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/SheepsheadBites], Twitter [http://twitter.com/sheepsheadbites], and Instagram

Events

Sunset Park Weekend Events Spotlight: July 8-10

Sunset Park Pool. Courtesy: Flickr [https://www.flickr.com/photos/atomische/6666774409/in/photolist-ba7XLn-914ViG-732GAh-a7r6TT-7jiRTw-h1WEd-a7HG3R-h1YzZ] This weekend, enjoy some family fun at Green-Wood’s nature tour, take a dip in Sunset Park’s pool, get creative during arts and crafts at the Dedalus Foundation, or take a knitting class at the

Arts & Culture

Neighbor Takes Up Tai Chi In Sunset Park & Something Amazing Happens

Photo submitted by Gene AronowitzI’m struck by how lively and energetic Sunset Park [https://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/sunset-park] has become and by the people who have found peace through martial arts at its highest point. I walk there every morning, and until I had my knees replaced, would

Announcements

Celebrate Spring in Prospect Park (Sponsored)

Join the Prospect Park Alliance for Opening Weekend in Prospect Park on April 2 + 3, with food, festivities and family fun. * Opening Day Parade, 10–10:30am (Saturday only) Parade begins at 7th Avenue + 2nd Street, Free Join the Prospect Park Alliance and the Prospect Park Baseball Association to celebrate

Arts & Culture

Finding Balance In The Natural Environment Around Ditmas Park

“Crosecitree,” mixed media artwork by Ditmas Park resident Kathy Levine.The environment where an artist creates their work can show up in unexpected ways. If you peer out the second floor window of the farmhouse in the Berkshires where Herman Melville lived while he wrote Moby Dick, you can see

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Explore The Wonders Of Marine Park This Saturday With Sheepshead Bites’ Top Naturalist

A black-crowned night heron. (Photo: Daniel Frazer / Sheepshead Bites)Readers of this site are probably familiar with the work of Daniel Frazer, who recently published articles [/author/daniel/] about the wildlife in southern Brooklyn. He has also written stories related to history and architecture on our sister site, Bensonhurst Bean

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Celebrate Moths During National Moth Week

Female Polyphemus mothDrunk on light, moths gather frantically ’round the lights at night, which you’ve no doubt experienced during the summer on a local porch or stoop. No one is quite sure why moths are so fixated, but regardless, thousands of “mothers” will be taking advantage of this

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Playtime In Ditmas Park: Upcoming Children’s Events

You can take a waterfall hike in Prospect Park this Saturday, June 20. Photo via Andrew Gwozdziewycz [https://www.flickr.com/photos/thinkiandy/4208656292/in/photolist-7pUsTw-6WpnFT-gYa3k-7XgK1X-dHVb6n-nLAQDy-ecN6wn-nSFvBb-6Wtp4u-6i2suH-gXXut-c9Wbs-5AUn3P-gXXLT-pzUFsm-bghyER-bqSegg-6V1Ey3-h5gYTd-h5hcHE-h5gTUq-h5hc2Q-h5i7zF-h5gVrd-h5hcdS-h5gUaA-h5i7Pt-h5iayg-h5gz2z-h5gW3y-h5gPwM-h5i9Ae-h5gU54-h5gTjM-h5i8HH-h5i9MB-h5i8x2-h5h995-h5ibtH-h5gRVV-h5gSFH-h5h9jq-h5gWvN-h5haZE-4tN8Aa-h5gRMh-7b6qQj-834CC1-

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Photos: After $15 Million Restoration, Marine Park’s White Island Isn’t Just For The Birds

by Diana Bruk White Island (Source: Google Maps)A group of New Yorkers hailing from all five boroughs gathered early Saturday morning at the Marine Park salt marsh for a rare canoeing adventure to White Island. The three-hour, complimentary guided tour was the second and last trip of the season,

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Take A Hike! Learn About Floyd Bennett’s Natural And Cultural History

Aerial shot of Floyd Bennett Field. Source: WikipediaJoin American Littoral Society naturalist Mickey Maxwell Cohen and discover birds, early wildflowers and hidden World War II military bunkers in the developing maritime woodlands of Floyd Bennett Field, Sunday, April 20 from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Meet

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Photos: Resident Gets Close-Up Look At Red Tailed Hawk Hanging On His Balcony

Update (6:16 p.m.): Reader Christina “Know-it-all” K. wrote in to correct me: it’s a red tailed hawk. A juvenile, which is why its tail isn’t red yet. And maybe this guy is a relative of Pale Male [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pale_Male], the first

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Join W.I.L.D. Tomorrow For A Lakeside Cleanup At Prospect Park

Want to get the weekend off to a W.I.L.D. start? Join W.I.L.D. for Prospect Park [http://www.wildforprospectpark.com] tomorrow for a lakeside cleanup and visitor outreach walk [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=533487283366736&set=a.340557755993024.74571.312075042174629&type=1] . Crews

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Marlborough Leaves

Under a canopy walking down Marlborough. Photo via ditmasparkcorner [http://instagram.com/p/ZBXEHco59w/]. Share your Ditmas Park photos by email at editor@ditmasparkcorner.com, in the Ditmas Park Corner Flickr group [http://www.flickr.com/groups/dpcorner], or tag them #ditmaspark on Instagram, and we’ll post them on

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Coley The Osprey Is Back In Jamaica Bay!

Source: NASA via Wikimedia CommonsWe’ve been passing along updates [/coley-the-ospreys-habitat-in-winter/] from the National Parks of New York Harbor Conservancy on the movements of the wondrous Coley, the Osprey who makes his summer home in Jamaica Bay. And now, it seems, the year-long cycle has just about wrapped up, with

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The City’s Plans To Replace Our Fallen Trees

Source: David Shankbone via Wikipedia CommonsTo the dismay of nature lovers, many of our neighborhood’s oldest trees were uprooted and had to be cut down after Sandy. Residents who see these green giants as a major part of our neighborhood landscape wrote in asking what the city will do

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The Naturalist Sage of Brooklyn

Prospect Park today is no stranger to naturalists [/blog/animals/the-fall-migration-in-prospect-park]. In fact, the park has been a haven for green-inclined for centuries. Exploring that history, the New Inquiry recently published an article about 19th century Brooklyn naturalist William Hamilton Gibson, “The Man Who Saved Prospect Park [http://thenewinquiry.com/

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Sunday: Littoral Society’s Earth Day Marsh Restoration

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Jamaica Bay Sunset Tour Is For The Birds… And The People Who Love Them

An American White Pelican lives the good life at Jamaica Bay. Source: 10000birds.comLiving here in Sheepshead Bay, one is not necessarily exposed on a regular basis to a diverse plethora of exotic avian wildlife. Although we have pigeons [/tag/pigeons/], seagulls [/morning-mug-who-you-lookin-at/], ducks and swans — Lord knows [/morning-mug-it-was-so-hot-in-sheepshead-bay/] we

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Let's Go Camping… In Marine Park!

Source: Kibbles/FlickrIf you’re the kind that likes to roll around in a grass field covered in goose droppings, then have we got the ultimate stay-cation for you! The New York City Parks Department allows pitching a tent in a handful of parks around the city, including Marine Park,

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Midweek Photo: Sunrise, Tuesday

Reader nolastname was wandering about yesterday morning, and watched as the beautiful weather kicked off with an awesome sunrise. She saw this crane at work in the Marine Park Salt Marsh. Snazzy…