Backyard and Beyond

Starting out from Brooklyn, an amateur naturalist explores our world.

As John Burroughs said, “The place to observe nature is where you are.”

In Brooklyn Bridge Park


A couple of monarchs, a sulphur, and one cabbage white. One last dragonfly, too.


The sunlight shining through the compostable logo. Included here because, while drinking this beer, a bird zoomed right overhead, and — what a geek, and proud of it — I stood up and said “falcon!” A kestrel heading towards the Brooklyn Bridge.

2 responses to “In Brooklyn Bridge Park”

  1. Question–what is that in the first photo?

    1. Not sure. Think it’s a blazing star of some kind.

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