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.”

5 responses to “Sidewalk victims”

  1. But where’s the yellow crime scene tape?

    1. It was stolen.

  2. Or they ran out because there were so many other victims.

  3. You could cut a small branch, remove the bark and make a barometer (or more probably an hygrometer). Sigmund Freud would have liked it. http://www.trekearth.com/gallery/North_America/Canada/Central/Quebec/Legardeur/photo663814.htm.

    1. This leads to the fascinating question: is wood ever dead, or, as Google translate might put it, Ne bois jamais mourir?

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