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Brooklyn Botanic Garden in Kings County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
 

Wenenoke (Adapt)

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Wenenoke (Adapt) Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), August 13, 2022
1. Wenenoke (Adapt) Marker
Inscription. "Adapting to new spaces isn't always easy for me. When I read about birds who adapt objects into nests, I wanted to learn more about them. Wenenoke is for birds that adapt found objects into nests. Bird bottles, or 'martin pots,' were used in America since the 1700s, mounted under the eaves of buildigns to encourage birds to nest in areas with few trees to help control insect populations."
 
Erected by Brooklyn Botanic Garden.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: AnimalsEnvironment.
 
Location. 40° 39.932′ N, 73° 57.761′ W. Marker is in Brooklyn, New York, in Kings County. It is in Brooklyn Botanic Garden. It can be reached from Flatbush Avenue north of Empire Boulevard, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 990 Washington Ave, Brooklyn NY 11225, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in New York City. It is also in the American Northeast. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, the Western Hemisphere, and the Anglosphere. Historically,
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it finds itself in what was once one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: The Tradition of Espalier (within shouting distance of this marker); Teff (within shouting distance of this marker); Sub-Saharan Africa / Fertile Crescent (within shouting distance of this marker); East Asia and South Asia / Pacific and Southeast Asia (within shouting distance of this marker); A Fruitful Harvest (within shouting distance of this marker); Living Land Acknowledgement (within shouting distance of this marker); Cucumber (within shouting distance of this marker); Americas (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Brooklyn.
 
Wenenoke (Adapt) Marker with the birdhouse visible in the background image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), August 13, 2022
2. Wenenoke (Adapt) Marker with the birdhouse visible in the background
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on February 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on August 16, 2022, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 163 times since then and 10 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on August 16, 2022, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
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