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.”

Bat Saved From Drowning

The photographer was probably aiming at the Green Heron…

…when, a tad unusually, a midday bat flung into the scene. And it may not have been all right…

Ploop! For the creature ditched in Valley Water.

The City Birder offered the bat a life-stick…

Which was accepted.

Rob gave the bat a shady oak to rest and recuperate in.

The gray-haired amongst us will appreciate that this is Siver-haired Bat/Lasioncyteris noctivagans.

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