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.”

Unearthed, Reearthed

Mediterranean Potter Wasp/Eumenes mediterraneus perched on a pebble gathering up a ball of dirt for a nest.

And the source of this dirt?

An Eastern Cicada-killer Wasp Sphecius speciosus nest I’d first noticed 9 days earlier.

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