A BHB tipster sends us a shadowy photo of a possum living on Grace Court. Like Sasquatch he’s been quite elusive, perhaps camera shy. But last night he was caught on film. This is not the BHB community’s first brush with wildlife – in 2010 Karl Junkersfeld caught a muskrat on tape at Brooklyn Bridge […]
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Autumn in Brooklyn Bridge Park and Brooklyn Heights
Autumn is officially with us for almost another month, but it feels like, to quote a Joni Mitchell song, “winter’s closing in.” I’ve collected here some photos I’ve taken on walks over the past month, mostly in Brooklyn Bridge Park and along the Promenade, showing foliage nearing or at its peak fall dress. Above is […]
Injured Hawk Sighted In Brooklyn Heights
An injured hawk was spotted today by Twitter user @eas211. We had this exchange with him regarding the sighting:
Sandy In Brooklyn Heights – One Year Later [Video]
Karl Junkersfeld files this video report on the one year anniversary of Superstorm Sandy. What a difference a year makes.
Video after the jump.
Some Autumn Color at Brooklyn Bridge Park
After taking the tour of Pier 5 and the construction zone on Sunday, I headed north to Pier 1. While fall foliage is at its peak upstate, the warmer temperatures here mean it comes later. Still, there were some hints of fall evident along the way, beginning with these staghorn sumac leaves and drupes. The […]
Last Minute Weekend Suggestions: Brooklyn Heights and Nearby
Start the weekend this evening (Thursday, September 5) with your last chance this season for stargazing on Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Pier 1 esplanade with members of the Amateur Astronomers Association of New York and their telescopes. The forecast is for clear skies, and the observing goes from 8:30 to 10:30. Also this evening, starting at […]
Taking the “Birds, Bugs, Bees” Tour at Brooklyn Bridge Park
That’s a fearsome looking cicada-killer wasp peering over the edge of a flower stalk in Brooklyn Bridge Park this morning. I saw it while on the Birds, Bugs, Bees tour offered by the Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy. Although skies were gray and some desultory rain was falling, I put on my slicker and walked down […]
Last Minute Weekend Suggestions: Brooklyn Heights and Nearby
There’s action for naturophiles at Brooklyn Bridge Park this weekend. On Saturday, August 3, starting at 9:30 a.m., on Pier 1, there will be a Birds, Bugs, and Bees tour, and on Sunday, August 4, from noon to 1:30 p.m. there will be Seining the River Wild near the Main Street entrance to the Park […]
Last Minute Weekend Suggestions: Brooklyn Heights and Nearby
Saturday is the annual City of Water Day, and Brooklyn Bridge Park has several events planned to celebrate it. There will be kayaking from 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. between piers 1 and 2. From 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. at Pier 6 there will be a Wildlife Theater performance that should appeal to kids, A […]
Evening Walk Photos: Brooklyn Bridge Park and Brooklyn Heights
I took a walk early yesterday (Monday) evening. On my way from the Squibb Park pedestrian bridge on to Pier 1, Brooklyn Bridge Park, I was greeted by this gray catbird (thanks to reader elw_ny and FB friend John Hunt for the species ID). A little farther along, I found a red saddlebags dragonfly (thanks […]
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