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.”

Meadow Part II

Seems like every Mourning Dove in Green-Wood is hanging out here. A walk-through results in multiple startle-flushes.

This new meadow in Green-Wood is disliked by some it because some of the plants obscure the old headstones. (This is one of the old “public lots,” with older, smaller memorials.) As is usually the case, the complainers are more vocal than the supporters. So do feel free to contact the cemetery in support of less grass (less mowing, less fuel) and more flowers, more habitat, more animals, more life.

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