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.”

Tern Profile

Sterna hirundoAnd now the terns are back in town. This is a Common Tern (Sterna hirundo) on the piers of Brooklyn Bridge Park recently.tern2

Forster’s and Least are other locally regular terns during migration and summer, although you usually need to go to the city’s further edges to see them.

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