Animals
A video of a humpback whale frolicking in Gravesend Bay near the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge has been floating around Youtube this summer. Ten seconds into the footage, the whale can be seen leaping out of the water before diving back into the waves, delighting the family of four on board a
Animals
Photo by Daniel FrazerYou’d be hard pressed to walk a street in Brooklyn and not come across a few pigeons. These chunky crumb peckers have become so built into the urban landscape that even those who (misguidedly!) hate them would surely wonder what’s going on if they didn’
Animals
Looking for birds in Marine Park. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)The local volunteer and conservation groups have kicked off a multi-year project to preserve and improve Marine Park’s unique ecosystem and create new trails for hikers and birdwatchers, the Parks Department announced last week [http://www.nycgovparks.org/
birds
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
insects
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
juneberries
Often one of the best things about Brooklyn is that occasionally you get the illusion that you’re out of New York City. This past Sunday, I got such an illusion while strolling around and picking some of the many beautiful, ripe berries that are around in the beginning of
national audobon society
Let this Valentine’s weekend be one for the birds! From Friday, February 13 through Monday, February 16, you can show some love for Mother Nature by counting your avian friends for the 18th annual Great Backyard Bird Count [http://gbbc.birdcount.org/] — a worldwide event that helps scientists track
bill de blasio
Iceland Gull 20150127 Caesars Bay Bazar Gravesend Bay Brooklyn IMG 0826 [http://vimeo.com/117978963] from Klemens Gasser [http://vimeo.com/user34909363] on Vimeo [https://vimeo.com]. While most of the city was freaking out over Winter Storm Juno, the “potentially historic” blizzard that wasn’t [/blizzard-watch-new-york-city-roads-reopen-subway-buses-resume-sunday-schedule/] , some of our
Aquarium
The New York Aquarium is celebrating the birth [http://www.wcs.org/press/press-releases/harbor-seal-pup.aspx] of a still-to-be-named harbor seal, only the second of its species to be born at the facility in the past 15 years. The cuddly-looking creature was born on May 27 with a weight of
alligators
Source: Cordey/FlickrWhile others are fighting to make ferrets legal to own again in New York City [http://www.sheepsheadbites.com/2014/05/sheepshead-resident-ariel-jasper-leads-fight-legalize-ferret-ownership/] , one Bensonhurst man is fighting to keep his pet alligator, Dino. Victor Alexandria was cuffed, fined and saw his alligator confiscated last Tuesday, after authorities learned
Beaches
Source: Riverhead FoundationA baby harp seal was spotted on the shores of Brighton Beach on Saturday morning sunning himself. The seal was seen at approximately 8:30 a.m. Police were called to the scene as a precaution, and they closed off the area using crime-scene tape for the animal’
bay 54th st
Source: NYPD via GothamistPolice have been on the scene at Coney Island Creek since a little after 11:00 a.m., attempting to coral a live dolphin that lost its way out of the polluted waterway. Police have been tackling the situation from the weed and rubble filled coastline near