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.”

Evidence

Turkish hazel.
Swamp white oak.
Yew.
Silver birch.

Adding these to the Caucasian fir on my list of species tapped into by Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers.

Here’s one more, but I haven’t figured out what kind of tree this is. None of the above.
***

Republicans who are shocked, shocked, that their words and deeds have consequences were fine when the same Nazis — and I mean this literally, as known Nazis joined the attempted GOP putsch in Congress — invaded the Michigan State Capitol last year.

And, of course, all these fuckers stuck with Trump after Charlottesville.

Leave a comment