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.”

Low Tide on the Gowanus

Mud Fiddler Crabs/Minuca pugnax in the toxic muck of the canal.

From the 3rd St Bridge. Definitely not your dad’s canal; it’s seen massive development since I used to regularly walk across it in the 2010s. It’s now a hurricane away from one hell of a big mess, though.

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