Friday was banding day for the young peregrines (eyases) in the nesting box atop the Superman Building. This is a full-contact sport for the experts from the Audubon Society of Rhode Island (ASRI) and they always include urban wildlife photographer Peter Green of Providence Raptors. The peregrine parents do not enjoy this process and respond …
He wasn’t a birder. He didn’t own a fancy camera. But when this graphic designer moved into the sixth floor of a downtown loft and began witnessing the life-and-death dramas happening daily outside his window, he was soon hooked, and an urban wildlife photographer was born. I met with Peter Green last week for an …
A Cooper’s hawk recently found its way into the Arcade downtown. Nobody saw it fly in, but at least one business owner knew exactly who to call: Peter Green of Providence Raptors. I happened to stop by last week to visit Christine, owner of Carmen & Ginger, and she told me all about it. At …
And then there were three. This was the scene this morning. The picture below was taken yesterday. You can see that the more mature of the siblings still have downy white tufts sticking out, but they have started flapping out of the box. Sometimes they are out of camera range — investigating the rooftop at …
(6.4) This is not a picture by urban wildlife photographer Peter Green of Providence Raptors. His pictures are way better. This is just another one of my screen grabs taken a few moments ago, following a truly gnarly feeding, but it seems important to remind people how quickly things progress at this stage. The nestlings …
And just a stone’s throw from downtown Providence. A few years ago urban wildlife photographer Peter Green (Providence Raptors) got a tip that a pair of bald eagles was building a nest nearby, but he found it occupied by red-tailed hawks at the time. Then this March he trailed a bald eagle in flight back …
Of course they eat pretty damn fast. And there seem to be several feedings a day lately. One parent sails into the box, bird carcass in beak, and it’s chow time. This is not for the faint of heart — lots of ripping and gulping — it’s over in about five minutes. Here, an adult …
The Providence Peregrine Webcam is up and running. Every spring the Rhode Island Audubon Society sets up the nesting box, and its live feed, atop the Superman Building (111 Westminster Street) in downtown Providence. The latest news is posted at the website. Yesterday’s report “Peregrines were seen mating this afternoon… eggs on the way!” Urban …
This shot of a harbor seal frolicking his ass off comes courtesy of urban wildlife photographer Peter Green who explains, “It was low tide so a rock was exposed for him to balance on briefly.” (So either Jesus is totally busted or we have a new messiah.) Green has some great new stuff at ProvidenceRaptors.com, …
Urban wildlife photographer Peter Green was the subject of Walt Buteau’s “Street Stories: Hawk Eye” feature Friday on the Channel 12 News. Known for his photos of the red-tailed hawks at the State House and the nesting falcons atop the Superman building, Green is always on the prowl for new talent and was among the …
This has been a remarkable winter for local birders and ornithologists due to the invasion, or irruption, of snowy owls in the area. URI’s resident snowy expert, Natural Resources Science Professor Peter Paton, spoke on CBS Evening News yesterday; unfortunately he seems to have been lost in subsequent editing. (Still, go here to see the …
Urban wildlife photographer Peter Green (last featured here with his downtown snapping turtle) has some beautiful prints as well as his now famous poster of 111 Westminster Street (the Superman building) available for sale. This picture was selected by iolabs as its holiday paper cuts edition. Green’s work can be viewed here. He snapped one …
“Major” — as in major chords and major fun — is the latest album from Fang Island, another band to come out of RISD (they’re in Brooklyn now). The band, who describe their sound as “everyone high-fiving everyone,” are currently touring everywhere but here. The song “Dooney Rock” — an ecstatic riverdance/pogo freak-out (Big Country …
“Hey, I can see my house from here.” (7.24) Greater Kennedy Plaza presents a ‘Brown Bag Talk’ Tuesday in Burnside Park — “Providence Raptors: Falcons and Hawks of Burnside Park” — with wildlife photographer Peter Green (who else). Part of the ‘Kidoinfo Play in the Park Tuesdays’ series (which runs from 11am to 2pm) this …
(Cuz ‘turbans’ would be confusing.) I happened to bump into my favorite downtown wildlife photographer, Mr. Peter Green, Tuesday on Canal Street. His camera was focused mainly on the red-tailed hawks flying around the Independent Man on top of the State House. The pair have been building a nest on a ledge of the cornice …
I suppose it wasn’t too surprising to bump right into Dose regulars Matthew Lawrence and Micah Salkind (in 3D) immediately upon arrival at the Museum of Westminster Street, an event I wanted to cover for The Dose. Everybody knows everybody and goes everywhere all together all the time. Each had been designated a ‘current exhibit’, …