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.”

Red Alert

A Red-tailed Hawk was looking for a moaning Gray Squirrel in a thicket below. Two Blue Jays were harrying the hawk.

Then this Cardinal flew up to a branch below the hawk and started to twist around in place on the branch.

Eye on the hawk much of the time…

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