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.”

Flaring

There were a few Ruby-crowned Kinglets foraging in this oak, and that got some of their hackles up:

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It’s almost the last chance to sign up for our Snail Safari on Saturday…

mthew

One response to “Flaring”

  1. Chuck McAlexander

    Those must be metaphorical hackles. As a teen I tied my own fishing flies and was taught that the hackle feathers I was using were fom the nape, not the crown.

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