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Morning Eye Candy: Drizzle

Posted in Photography on March 25 2011, by Plant Talk

Everyone knows that April showers bring May flowers. But what do the drizzles of March bring? After a winter like the one we’ve had, March showers bring a gift that might be even more precious than May flowers: Spring’s first blossoms!

Drops on a Branch

Drops

Cornus mas

Cornus mas

Corylopsis sinensis var. calvescens

Corylopsis sinensis var. calvescens

Photos by Ivo M. Vermeulen.

Proud Papa: Owl Chicks in the Forest!

Posted in Members, Photography, Wildlife on March 21 2011, by Plant Talk

Remember this guy standing guard over his nest? Well, it turns out, he’s a father now! For the first time since 2009, The New York Botanical Garden‘s Native Forest is home to at least two baby Great-Horned Owl chicks! First word on the nest came to us from NYBG member, Plant Talk contributor, and amateur wildlife photographer Pat Gonzalez, who says she has confirmed the existence of the chicks with New York City bird expert Dr. Robert “Birding Bob” Candido.

Mama and her baby owl. We have circled the chick in red. (photo by Pat Gonzalez)
Mama and her baby owl. We have circled the chick in red. (photo by Pat Gonzalez)

 

As Pat puts it, “Little white faces peeking out through the hole in that tree is a good thing” We couldn’t have said it better ourselves!

 

Owl Chick (photo by Pat Gonzales)
Owl Chick (photo by Pat Gonzales)

 

Morning Eye Candy: The Forest & the City

Posted in Photography on March 20 2011, by Plant Talk

Oh the breadth of those limbs—
after the taut geometry of elevator, fire escape, lobby,
to see through branches to the sun—I believed
the world was mine, there was sap in my veins,
the tree was limitless, the scent of the tree,
the bark and the branch and the six-year-old sightline,
which goes on to the edge of the known world.

The Forest at the Edge of the World ~ Rynn Williams

The Forest and the City

Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen