by Content | Jun 13, 2014 | Previous Animal in the Cycle
In the Buttermilk Channel, the small tidal strait between Governors Island and Brooklyn, and in the surrounding habitat, terns feed on small fish, such as Summer Flounder. Like most fish, Summer Flounder (also known as Fluke or Paralichtys dentatus) hatch with an eye...
by Content | May 2, 2014 | Previous Animal in the Cycle
By Bill Koehnlein Our GI hawk dives down on Earth Matter chickens on a regular basis! In 1991, Pale Male, a yearling red-tailed hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) who was hatched during the previous year, took up residency on a window ledge of a tony apartment building at Fifth...
by Content | Mar 22, 2014 | Previous Animal in the Cycle
Elegante, RIP 5.15.13 to 12.21, 2013 Elegante came to us at age 3 days. The little cotton ball tuft on of her head grew into a wild and crazy hairdo. Elegante was a “show stopper” for everyone that visited our Center. One of 2 golden crested Polish chicks, Elegante...
by Content | Mar 1, 2014 | Previous Animal in the Cycle
Island Visitors by Annie Barry People are not the only ones that enjoy visiting Governors Island. Peregrine falcons are also frequent visitors to the island, where they can be seen perched on trees or tall structures. The falcons are looking for prey. When a tasty...
by Content | Feb 1, 2014 | Previous Animal in the Cycle
Order: Hymenoptera is the same order as ants, bees and other wasps. Braconidae are popular “biological pest control agents.” Each white oval in the photo is actually a wasp in its pupae stage (cocoon). We discovered this hornworm caterpillar crawling on...
by Content | Jan 2, 2014 | Previous Animal in the Cycle
Pick up some soil or compost, and you may have hundreds of soil nematodes roaming around in your hand. These invertebrates are often called worms, but they actually have very little in common with the well-known earthworm. There are thousands of different species of...
