Backyard Jungle Wildlife Photography
Photo Slideshow: My Backyard
Photo Slideshow: The Business of Wildlife Removal
-
-
Evicted: The business of wildlife removal is mostly about preventing problems by sealing off the entry points so wildlife can’t get inside again. Like the point where the heating and cooling unit connects to the wall of the house.
-
-
No Fear of Heights: Squirrels and rats often gain access to the attic at the eaves. To seal off their access, you need a tall ladder. And you’d better be comfortable with heights.
-
-
A possum
-
-
Removing the Offender: A possum is taken away from a house. It had been gaining access through a laundry vent under the back deck.
-
-
Hazards of the Trade: A champion mold sample growing on a tin of sardines, an indication of what may be floating around in the air under the house.
Photo Slideshow: New York Beescape
-
-
Fall Crops at Red Hook Community Farm: Urban honeybees thrive under the care of Tim O’Neal at the Added Value Red Hook Community Farm in Brooklyn. Because this urban farm was once a parking lot and baseball field, most of the crops have been planted in a layer of soil on top of asphalt.
-
-
Honeybee Demonstration Hive: Bees scramble inside a plexiglas demonstration hive at Red Hook Community Farm in Brooklyn. The frame and its bees will later be returned to the farm’s hive.
-
-
From James Barilla’s Backyard Jungle: Bees in My Bonnet: Beekeeper’s clothing is typically white because bees are known to respond negatively to dark clothing, which may remind them of a furry predator.
-
-
-
Bees on Back: Beekeepers often wind up wearing bees.
-
-
-
Festooning: Groups of bees sometimes respond to being outside the hive by locking their legs together, forming chains or balls. The behavior is known as festooning, and can be used to close off a hole or tear in the hive.
-
-
More festooning
-
-
Elevated Habitat on the High Line: A variety of plantings high above street level provide an unusual habitat for urban wildlife, including bees.
-
-
Fall Pollinator Habitat on the High Line: The blooms last longer on this elevated park in Chelsea’s Meat Packing District, providing a late fall food source for bees and other pollinators.
-
-
Honeybee Visits Asters on the High Line: A cluster of late fall asters attracts urban honeybees on the High Line.
Photo Slideshow: Florida Monkeys
Photo Slideshow: Rio Zoopolis 1
-
-
Above Ground, Around Town: As with many urban primates, golden-headed lion tamarins make their way through the neighborhood via the power lines that make it possible to stay off the ground.
-
-
Banana Grove Habitat: The golden-headed tamarins use mixed forest in this neighborhood, including this banana plantation that runs along the road.
-
-
Capuchin Monkey Visitor: A capuchin monkey, named for its black tufted crown, nibbles fruit near my hotel. Two species of marmoset and the occasional squirrel monkey also visit this backyard feeding station. These primate species are not native, but are a common sight in the city’s greener districts.
-
-
A Tamarin with Baby on Board: A young golden-headed lion tamarin clings to the back of an adult. Released from a private collection, this endangered species has managed to flourish in the lush mountain exurbs outside the city of Niteroi.
-
-
-
Tamarin in an Exurban Forest: An endangered golden-headed lion tamarin in the backyard of a weekend home. Although thriving, this nonnative population threatens efforts to restore another endangered species: the golden lion tamarin, which is native to these forests.
-
-
Banana Grove Habitat: The golden-headed tamarins use mixed forest in this neighborhood, including this banana plantation that runs along the road.
-
-
A Favela with Spectacular Views: Some of Rio’s poorest neighborhoods perch on the city’s steepest slopes, in the midst of tropical forest.
Photo Slideshow: The Monkeys of Delhi
-
-
In old Delhi, the narrow streets are jammed with all manner of traffic, making crossing by foot hazardous. Monkeys get around by the power lines between rooftops.
-
-
In old Delhi, the narrow streets are jammed with all manner of traffic, making crossing by foot hazardous. Monkeys get around by the power lines between rooftops.
-
-
A rhesus macaque looks down on the hubbub of the streets from a tangle of power cables.
-
-
A macaque peers down from a rooftop at dusk. I observed young macaques playing a game with the humans below–the owners would toss up dislodged chunks of foam insulation, and the monkeys would toss it back down to them.
