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Plant Talk

Inside our Collections, Videos

Eagle Eyed Above the Ladies’ Border

Posted in Inside our Collections, Videos

During my lunch break on Wednesday, September 20, I was at the Ladies' Border specifically to film all the ruby-throated hummingbirds. Read More

Environment & Conservation, What's On at NYBG

A New Red-Tailed Hawk Joins the NYBG Family

Posted in Environment & Conservation, What's On at NYBG

For the last seven years, Nate and Liz, our resident pair of red-tailed hawks, have called the Garden their home. Read More

Behind the Scenes

Garden Sees Two Hawk Nests in 2022

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Since 2009, I’ve been writing about the Garden’s red-tailed hawks here on Plant Talk, and I'm happy to report that 2022 marks their sixth consecutive ... Read More

Inside our Collections

On Hummingbirds

Posted in Inside our Collections

There is one summer visitor to the Garden so iconic that it’s become a symbol of the wonders of the animal kingdom, and yet it ... Read More

Videos, What's On at NYBG

A Nest of Red-Tailed Hawks Fledges for the Fifth Year

Posted in Videos, What's On at NYBG

For the fifth year in a row, a resident pair of red-tailed hawks has nested on our Garden‘s beautiful grounds. There are now three young, ... Read More

Videos, What's On at NYBG

See Baby Snapping Turtles Hatch at the Garden

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They may be tiny now, but soon they'll be the biggest reptiles in the Garden. Read More

Environment & Conservation

NYBG Hawk Nest: Year Four

Posted in Environment & Conservation

On March 6 of this year, I observed the Garden’s resident red-tailed hawk pair gathering branches and tree bark which they then used to reinforce ... Read More

Environment & Conservation

Wildlife at the Garden: Red-tailed Hawk Nest 2019

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I am happy to report that for a third straight year, a pair of Red-tailed Hawks has chosen to nest at The New York Botanical ... Read More

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