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.”

Mammal Monday

Young squirrel scamps.

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This Memorial Day, I’m thinking of my mother’s mother’s older brother, who lies buried in the Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery in France. He was an artillery wagoneer, killed just a few weeks before Armistice Day in 1918.

2 responses to “Mammal Monday”

  1. Those squirrels are plotting another raid on my birdfeeder!

    1. No slouches, they look, listen, test, and learn.

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