Brooklyn

Green-wood B&W

Sherry Felix4 Comments

Green-Wood Cemetery on a rainy and cloudy spring day. I used sky replacements on the first three for more interesting gray skies. The tree stump in the last two is very sculptural. I would like it for my grave marker.

A black and white photograph of Green-Wood Cemetery on a cloudy spring day, featuring a winding path through gravestones and large trees.
Green-wood Cemetery 4/3/2025
A scenic view of Green-Wood Cemetery on a cloudy and rainy spring day, featuring bare trees, blooming flowers along a winding path, and ornate grave markers in the background.
Green-wood Cemetery 4/3/2025
A dramatic black and white image of a cemetery on a cloudy day, featuring a tall, slender tree and various gravestones under a moody sky.
Green-wood Cemetery 4/3/2025
A serene view of Green-Wood Cemetery on a rainy spring day, featuring lush trees and flowering magnolias amidst gravestones.
Green-wood Cemetery 4/3/2025
A cloudy spring day at Green-Wood Cemetery, featuring a path winding through landscaped grounds with blooming magnolia trees and gravestones visible in the background.
Green-wood Cemetery 4/3/2025
A close-up view of a black and white image featuring a twisted vine or branch structure intertwined with a decorative stone fence post.
Green-wood Cemetery 4/3/2025
A sculptural tree stump in Green-Wood Cemetery, surrounded by gravestones and a flowering bush on a cloudy spring day.
Tree stump, Green-wood Cemetery 4/3/2025
A sculptural tree stump stands prominently in Green-Wood Cemetery, surrounded by gravestones on a cloudy and rainy spring day.
Tree stump. Green-wood Cemetery 4/3/2025

Marine Park Fauna

Sherry Felix12 Comments

Some of the wildlife at Marine Park. The patter of duck feet on the water as they take off makes me smile.

Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola), Marine Park 11/11/2023
Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola), Marine Park 11/11/2023
Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola), Marine Park 11/11/2023
Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola), Marine Park 11/11/2023
White Campion (Silene latifolia), Marine Park 11/11/2023
Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia), Marine Park 11/11/2023
Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) and gulls, Marine Park 11/11/2023
Autumn or Yellow-legged Meadowhawk (Sympetrum vicinum), Marine Park 11/11/2023
Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) and American Wigeon (Anas americana), Marine Park 11/11/2023

Marine Park LS

Sherry Felix5 Comments

Marine Park : NYC Parks (nycgovparks.org) in Brooklyn, New York has a lovely wetland area.

Marine Park 11/11/2023
Marine Park 11/11/2023
Marine Park 11/11/2023
Reed grass (Phragmites), Marine Park 11/11/2023
Marine Park 11/11/2023
Marine Park 11/11/2023
Sumac, Marine Park 11/11/2023
Marine Park 11/11/2023
Marine Park 11/11/2023

Calvert Vaux Park Flora

Sherry Felix6 Comments

A few plants found in the park.

Evening-Primrose Family (Onagraceae), Calvert Vaux Park 9/19/2023
Sunflower (Helianthus), Calvert Vaux Park 9/19/2023
Field Mushroom (Agaricus campestris), Calvert Vaux Park 9/19/2023
Field Mushroom (Agaricus campestris), Calvert Vaux Park 9/19/2023
Field Mushroom (Agaricus campestris), Calvert Vaux Park 9/19/2023
Purple Vetch (Vicia americana), Calvert Vaux Park 9/19/2023

Calvert Vaux Park Fauna

Sherry Felix15 Comments

Calvert Vaux Park : NYC Parks (nycgovparks.org) is a park consisting mostly of ball fields by Coney Island Creek in Gravesend, Brooklyn. It has seme nice shorefront areas. This is one of 3 posts. Marc found the preying mantis in the wildflower area. The locust borer is a new one for me.

Praying Mantises (Mantidae), Calvert Vaux Park 9/19/2023
Orange Sulphur (Colias eurytheme) and Common Carpenter Bee (Xylocopa virginica virginica) on New England Aster (Symphyotrichum novae-angliae), Calvert Vaux Park 9/19/2023
Carpenter Bee (Xylocopa virginica virginica) on a Sunflower (Helianthus), Calvert Vaux Park 9/19/2023
Black-crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax), Calvert Vaux Park 9/19/2023
Calvert Vaux Park 9/19/2023
Black-crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax), Calvert Vaux Park 9/19/2023
Carpenter Bee (Xylocopa virginica virginica) on Bur-cucumber (Sicyos angulatus), Calvert Vaux Park 9/19/2023
Locust Borer (Megacyllene robiniae), Calvert Vaux Park 9/19/2023

Floyd Bennett and Jamaica Bay

Sherry Felix24 Comments

After a short stop at Jamaica Bay I decided to visit the community gardens at Floyd Bennett Field to look for butterflies.

Black Swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes), Floyd Bennett Field 9/14/2023
Black Swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes), Floyd Bennett Field 9/14/2023
Black Raspberry (Rubus occidentalis), Floyd Bennett Field 9/14/2023
Black Raspberry (Rubus occidentalis), Floyd Bennett Field 9/14/2023
Floyd Bennett Field 9/14/2023
Orange Sulphur (Colias eurytheme), Floyd Bennett Field 9/14/2023
Sachem Skipper (Atalopedes campestris), Floyd Bennett Field 9/14/2023
Sachem Skipper (Atalopedes campestris), Floyd Bennett Field 9/14/2023
Sachem Skipper (Atalopedes campestris), Floyd Bennett Field 9/14/2023
Cabbage White (Pieris rapae), Floyd Bennett Field 9/14/2023
Jamaica Bay 9/14/2023
Guinea Paper Wasp (Polistes exclamans), Jamaica Bay 9/14/2023
Jamaica Bay 9/14/2023
Osprey, Jamaica Bay 9/14/2023

Green-Wood Doors

Sherry Felix16 Comments

Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, NY has hundreds of doors to the mausoleums. Next to the Callery pear tree is a gate to the afterlife. The last image shows the Manhattan skyline at the horizon.

A link to History – Green-Wood.

For Thursday doors.

Callery pear (Pyrus calleryana), Green-Wood Cemetery 4/15/2023
Green-Wood Cemetery 4/15/2023
Green-Wood Cemetery 4/15/2023
Green-Wood Cemetery 4/15/2023
Green-Wood Cemetery 4/15/2023
Green-Wood Cemetery, NY 4/7/2023
Green-Wood Cemetery 4/15/2023