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.”

Brown Cows-of-the-Air

There have been an usual number of Brown Pelicans/Pelecanus occidentalis between Coney Island and Breezy Point and across the bay towards Staten Island in the last month. The fishing is said to be very good….

On Saturday, I made my second trip to Coney Island to see them, and unlike the first time, voila!

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