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.”

Winter Blues

Blue Jays are all over in winter, but it’s a challenge to get good pictures of them. They may be stridently noisy, but they’re also rather human-shy.

I’m constantly changing my course in response to their group yell-ins because they’re such a dependable raptor-alert system.

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