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.”

Odonata Update

Spot-winged Glider.
Blue Dasher
Common Whitetail.
Fragile Forktail.

Today’s the start of the Odolympics, an attempt to survey the dragonfly and damselfly populations of the Western Hemisphere. (Part 2 will take place in December for folks in South America.)

Eastern Amberwing
One of the Baskettails.
Familiar Bluet

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