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.”

Emergency Nature

The patch of red peaking out!
The white patches on this one! Who says all birds (of a species) look the same?
One more Golden-crowned Kinglet today from a patch of three four six, it was hard to tell. “Kinglet” for their crowns, but also, it seems to me when I see them come leap-flying to within a foot of me as they patrol the grass for food, for their fearlessness, too. Or perhaps it’s just royal disdain.

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