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.”

Paper Rooms?

The big paper nests of Bald-faced Hornets are even found in street trees.

Once I found a Tufted Titmouse digging out the remnants of one of these nests, presumably for what was left of the larval wasps. But this post is about a note in the weekly Hudson River Almanac, put out by the state Dept. of Environmental Conservation. It seems these are a known site of winter roosts for Carolina Wrens. I’ve got to look out for this!

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