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.”

Groundhogs!

You will not, I suspect, be surprised that I think the idea of hustling groundhogs out from their cells for the cameras in the name of a stupid tradition is a form of animal cruelty.

Please enjoy groundhogs/woodchucks/whistlepigs responsibly. Here are a few highlights from the archives:

Windfall apples!
Teef.
The earliest encounter.

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