Plants & Gardens Blog

Sure, many flies are pesky, but some are beautiful and ecologically important. Maybe this order of insects deserves a little more appreciation. Read › All About Bugs: Fantastic Flies

This little blue and white bird is preparing to hitch a ride out of here on the northwest wind with 10,000 friends. Read › Birds of Brooklyn: Tree Swallow

This beloved insect is thriving on the milkweed in the Native Flora Garden. Read › Monarch Caterpillar Goes Green (Video)

Can you tell a green darner from from a great blue skimmer? Dragonflies of all sorts are out in force this time of year. Read › All About Bugs: Dragonflies

After Native Flora Garden curator Uli Lorimer posted photos of a rare grass on Flickr, an entomologist wanted to learn more. Read › Photos Lead to Discovery of Unknown Leafhopper

Robin and red-tailed hawk chicks are thriving at the Garden, as these photos show. Read › Baby Birds at BBG

This vocal bird not only meows, it mimics car alarms and sirens. Learn to tell the difference between its song and those of the mockingbird and brown thrasher. Read › Birds of Brooklyn: Gray Catbird

Two, or possibly three, red-tailed hawk chicks recently hatched in the Japanese Hill-and-Pond Garden. Read › Baby Hawks Spotted at BBG

This spectacular songbird is on its way up from its tropical winter home. Watch and listen for it in Brooklyn this month! Read › Birds of Brooklyn: Blackburnian Warbler

After being rescued from an air shaft in Park Slope, the female hawk has been spotted back at the Garden with her mate. Read › Red-Tailed Hawk Thriving at BBG After Rescue