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.”

More Woodcock

Positioned high and back, these eyes can see threats from behind and above. We tread very carefully and left it as it was in that snow hole.Shhh.

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Amazing! The Trumpidiot in charge of the Department of HHS, who was, you will recall, approved by the Republicans even in the face of some insider trading, says that states should make decision on vaccinations, because we all know how disease is stopped cold at borders.

In Trump’s malignant nation-busting budget, billions are promised for defense (already the most bloated military budget in the world) and boondoggles like a “border wall” while TSA, Coast Guard, emergency management, chemical accident, etc. etc. programs are to be be defunded. Some “security.” I personally think these bastards are desperate for terrorist attack to exploit, like a Reichstag Fire, in the needless panic that typically follows such things. It worked initially, and it worked for their model-of-autocracy, Putin, too.

6 responses to “More Woodcock”

  1. A ship of absolute fools

    1. With a mad captain…

  2. If you find any woodcocks that need rescuing because of the snow cover . If you get them in a box or cloth bag I will pick them up next get the. to the Wild Bird Fund . We had sixty last week . They are very shy fragte birds but Rita has then in small an enclosed tent so they don’t fly up and hurt themselves . They are going to be released on LI to an area with less snow cover than the city.

    1. Thanks, Peggy! Snow rapidly moving out of NYC area: last night we heard them doing their mating dance at Floyd Bennett Field.

  3. I agree with you absolutely. And thank you for the cute pictures too. This is a kleptocracy run by a bunch of selfish idiots.

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