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.”

Magnolia Monday

The other “butterbutt.”
An atypical view. I was on a hillside above the tree.
Hunting in a Sycamore Maple, this Magnolia Warbler is here there and everywhere, darting about to pluck insects from the hanging flowers.

Speaking of magnolias, find yourself a Magnolia hypoleuca x virginiana ‘Nimbus‘ (oy!) in bloom and smell. Wowza!

mthew

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