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.”

Variations on Legs

fiddlerFiddler crabs in the tiny patch of ever-so-green right now salt marsh at Pier One. On the jumbly rocks next to it, a number of these spiders:spiderI have returned from a two week trip abroad. I have a new computer. I am ready to blog again.robinA young New World Robin, SO different from the Old World ones, as pictured yesterday.

4 responses to “Variations on Legs”

  1. Your New World Robins are basically Common or Eurasian Blackbirds wearing a different costume – their scatty behavior and elements of their song are so similar!

    1. Yes, was struck by the similarity every day in the UK, where I saw Blackbirds everywhere.

  2. We’re a better place now that you’re back.

    1. You’re making me blush like a Robin.

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