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.”

A rough day for the fishes

Opening wide before partially submerging, this Double-crested Cormorant

snagged breakfast as a swallow zoomed by in the foreground.

On the second of two plunges into Prospect Park Lake, this Osprey

came up with prey

Within one minute along Sylvan Water in Green-Wood, this Great Egret

caught one

two Bluegills.

One response to “A rough day for the fishes”

  1. Great photos and interesting subject! Great to see what sustains the wildlife population!

Leave a comment