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.”

Recent Sightings

Oh-oh… these are male Wood Duck feathers found under a big pine. Suggesting somebody had duck….

My mother, who was born in Oklahoma and grew up on a farm there until her parents retreated back to the Illinois they’d started from during the Depression/Dust Bowl, didn’t like eating duck. She couldn’t forget the bits of shot that were never quite all picked out of the meat.

One response to “Recent Sightings”

  1. Thank you as always for the beautiful photos. And I love the story about your mother.

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