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Around Brooklyn:

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NYC officials: Older and at-risk people should limit outside activities amid COVID surge

December 1 | Karen Matthews and Marina Villeneuve Associated Press

With COVID-19 hospitalizations climbing, older New Yorkers and people with medical...

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Cuomo: Hospitals must prepare for expected virus surge

November 30 | Karen Matthews Associated Press

New York’s hospitals must prepare for an expected surge in coronavirus...

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NY virus plan to add new metrics for determining micro-clusters

November 27 | Associated Press

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Thursday that officials are working on...

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Cuomo pleads: This Thanksgiving, cancel in-person gatherings

November 25 | Marina Villeneuve Associated Press

New York’s governor and New York City’s mayor...

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NY to open emergency hospital on Staten Island as cases rise

November 23 | Marina Villeneuve Associated Press

Gov. Andrew Cuomo said he is reopening an emergency COVID-19 field...

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CDC pleads with Americans to avoid Thanksgiving travel

November 20 | Mike Stobbe and Heather Hollingsworth Associated Press

With the coronavirus surging out of control, the nation’s top public...

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At New York’s hospitals, staff brace for another COVID wave: ‘We know what’s coming’

November 20 | Josefa Velasquez, Rachel Holliday Smith, and Greg B. Smith, THE CITY

This story was originally published on Nov. 19 by THE CITY. Sign...

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NYC preschools remain open, raising questions about safety and equity among staff

November 20 | Christina Veiga, Chalkbeat New York

This story was originally published by Chalkbeat, a nonprofit news organization covering...

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Heading into holidays, US COVID-19 testing strained again

November 19 | Matthew Perrone and Marion Renault Associated Press

With coronavirus cases surging and families hoping to gather safely for Thanksgiving...

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Earth Day Treats

50-Ton Cargo Vessel, Using Wind Power, Headed for Brooklyn

Read more about the environment-friendly French ship bringing wine and chocolate to BBP, here.

Kings County is King In NYC Tax Refunds, According to Figures

More People In Brooklyn Refunded, Manhattan’s Average Refund Higher

Read more here.

B’klyn Chamber Forum Eyes Future of Retail in Aftermath of Pandemic

Macy’s CEO Gives Firsthand Account of Effect on Top Chainlegedly Deranged

Read more here.

Brooklyn Bird Watch

As a former resident of Brooklyn now living in Florida, and a bird lover, I was pleased to see the excellent photo of the Downy Woodpecker by Heather Wolf featured in the Brooklyn Eagle’s “Bird Watch” series. The Scientific name is Picoides pubescens.

Your paper mentions that “Woodpeckers are constructed to absorb 97 percent of the shock energy of ‘pecking’ in their bodies, so the brain is protected…In addition to foraging for insects on tree trunks, they also have the power to carve out holes in the wood for shelter and nesting.”

[. . . ] It was fascinating to watch this tiny creature carve a cavity big enough to make its nest in a giant tree limb, and wonder about nature’s amazing adaptations. designs. The “shock energy” that this hard working bird must have endured during the time it took us to drink our coffee would have caused permanent damage to the brain of something not constructed for this work.

As your article noted, the shock force of the pounding beak is transferred to the body, so the Woodpecker’s head is spared. Three cheers for Mama Nature.

Read more in Brooklyn Bird Watch.

Click here to read this week’s story from Brooklyn Dogs titled, “A Dog Named Schooner.”

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